Mobile Bay Water Quality Measurements from Three Stations, July-August 2016

Three water quality stations collected salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pressure data in Mobile Bay from July 12 to August 2, 2016. The data is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in netCDF format. It provides a snapshot of coastal conditions during a specific summer period.

Use Cases

• Analyze estuarine salinity gradients and mixing based on the salinity data.
• Study dissolved oxygen levels to assess potential hypoxic conditions in Mobile Bay.
• Model water temperature variations and their influence on local ecosystems.
• Calibrate or validate hydrodynamic models using the concurrent pressure, temperature, and salinity measurements.

Strengths

• Data covers four key water quality parameters (salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pressure) simultaneously.
• Measurements were taken from three distinct stations, providing spatial context within Mobile Bay.
• Time range is precisely defined from 2016-07-12 to 2016-08-02.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2016-08-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected from moored CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) sensors.

Time Range

2016-07-12 to 2016-08-02

Freshness

Last updated 2016-08-02 00:00:00; represents a specific historical snapshot.

Geography

Mobile Bay