Mott Basin Oceanographic and Meteorological Data from 2000 to 2021

Oceanographic, instrument calibration, and surface meteorological data collected from a fixed station in the Columbia River estuary. The Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction collected the data from 2000-05-24 to 2021-05-01, which was assembled by NANOOS and submitted to NOAA NCEI. Measurements include chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, salinity, water temperature, pH, and current speed components.

Use Cases

• Modeling estuarine circulation and mixing based on current speed components (U, V, W) and salinity.
• Analyzing water quality trends based on measurements of chlorophyll, nitrate, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity.
• Studying carbon dynamics in coastal waters based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide and pH data.
• Calibrating remote sensing algorithms based on in-situ measurements of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) and absorption-scattering-attenuation coefficients.

Strengths

• Data spans over two decades, from 2000-05-24 to 2021-05-01.
• Data follows the Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata convention and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD).
• Measurements are taken at frequent intervals, suggesting a high temporal resolution time series.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2021-05-01; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction (CMOP)

Collection Method

Collected by sensors at a fixed station (Mott Basin) and assembled by the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observation Systems (NANOOS).

Time Range

2000-05-24 to 2021-05-01

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2021-05-01; the accession is updated monthly with data from the previous month.

Geography

Columbia River Estuary and North East Pacific Ocean (Mott Basin, Washington/Oregon)