EDSM: EDSM water quality data

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EDSM water quality data

Description

Water quality data from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Program.

Usage

EDSM

Format

a tibble with 30,957 rows and 14 variables

Source

Name of the source dataset.

Station

Station where sample was collected. This represents an identifier for the unique EDSM target location. Multiple tows (and water quality samples) were often collected at each target location on a day.

Latitude

Latitude in decimal degrees. This is the actual latitude of the sample collection, not the latitude of the target location.

Longitude

Longitude in decimal degrees. This is the actual longitude of the sample collection, not the longitude of the target location.

Field_coords

Were lat/long coordinates collected in the field (TRUE), or do they represent the location of a fixed station (FALSE)?

Date

Date sample was collected.

Datetime

Date and time of sample collection.

Depth

Bottom depth (m).

Tide

Tidal stage.

Secchi

Secchi depth (cm).

Temperature

Temperature in °C.

Temperature_bottom

Temperature (°C) at bottom.

Conductivity

Specific conductance (\muS cm-1) at surface.

DissolvedOxygen

Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) at surface.

DissolvedOxygen_bottom

Dissolved oxygen (mg/L) at bottom.

Notes

Comments.

Details

More metadata and information on methods are available here.

See Also

wq


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