Four monitoring stations in Fowl River, Alabama collected time series water quality data from May 1 to July 11, 2018. The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program deployed YSI 6600 sondes to measure parameters like temperature, salinity, and water velocity. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archives this dataset.
Use Cases
- Analyze salinity gradients along the river using the 'salinity' column from stations at 0 km, 4.3 km, 7.3 km, and 11.3 km.
- Model water temperature variations over time using the 'temperature' column from the 72-day time series.
- Correlate water velocity measurements from ADV sensors with tidal cycles using the 'velocity' column.
- Assess spatial differences in specific conductance using the 'specific conductance' column across the four stations.
Strengths
- Data collected from four distinct geographic stations spanning 11.3 km of the river.
- Time series covers a continuous 72-day period during a key seasonal window.
Limitations
- Dataset is limited to a single season (spring/summer 2018), preventing multi-year or seasonal trend analysis.
- Unknown sample frequency and row count limit statistical power for time-series modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP), archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
- Collection Method
- Field measurements from YSI 6600 V2 and V4 water quality sondes and ADV sensors deployed at fixed stations.
- Time Range
- 2018-05-01 to 2018-07-11
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Fowl River, Alabama, USA, at four sites: mouth (0 km), Bellingrath Gardens (4.3 km), upriver spit (7.3 km), Fowl River bridge (11.3 km).