Water quality sensor data from the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, collected at four monitoring locations. The dataset includes measurements of temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen, depth, pH, and turbidity recorded at 30-minute intervals throughout 2003. It was produced by the SCIOPS organization and last revised in June 2004.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal patterns in water_temperature and salinity to model seasonal estuarine mixing.
- Correlate dissolved_oxygen concentration and pH levels to assess water quality and potential hypoxic events.
- Model turbidity against water_depth and tidal cycles to understand sediment transport.
- Use specific_conductivity and salinity data for calibrating regional hydrodynamic models.
Strengths
- Data collected at high temporal resolution with measurements taken every 30 minutes.
- Covers eight distinct water quality parameters per monitoring site.
- Spatially distributed data from four locations within the reserve for comparative analysis.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally limited to the single calendar year of 2003.
- Unknown sample size and row count prevents assessment of statistical power.
- Data is over 20 years old, which may limit relevance for current climate or ecological studies.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS organization via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Collected via deployed water quality data loggers at a fixed depth from the bottom at each site.
- Time Range
- January 2003 to December 2003.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, USA.