USGS Open-File Report 2004-1443, Operation Manual for a Time-Series, Storm-Activated Suspended Sediment Sampler Deployed in the Coastal Ocean, Table 2

USGS Open-File Report 2004-1443, Operation Manual: Time-Series, Storm-Activated Suspended Sediment Sampler Deployed in the Coastal Ocean

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Table 2. Suspended matter concentrations (mg/l) collected over time at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) dock facility by the two WTS-Tr instruments TED and BOB and a Niskin bottle.

Sd= standard deviation.

Date	sample mg/l	WTS-Tr BOB mean mg/l	sd	Niskin sample mg/l	NISKIN	sd

5/96	1.89	1.68	0.24	2.20	2.06	0.18
	1.73		1.86
	1.42		2.13

1/97	1.18	1.21	0.07	1.46	1.45	0.01
	1.29		1.46
	1.17		1.44

8/97	3.14	2.43	0.69	3.38	2.93	0.39
	2.38		2.74
	1.77		2.67


4/99	0.45	0.86	0.36	0.75	1.21	0.40
	1.15		1.41
	0.98		1.47

2/00	1.19	1.30	0.10	2.00	1.78	0.20
	1.36		1.70
	1.35		1.64

9/00	2.25	1.47	0.77	2.21	1.85	0.33

Date	samples mg/l	WTS-Tr TED mg/l	sd	Niskin sample mg/l	NISKIN mg/l	sd

6/95	2.56	2.56	0.04	4.03	3.68	0.31
	2.53		3.50
	2.60		3.50

1/96	2.67	2.34	0.49	4.06	3.96	0.61
	2.57		4.51
	1.78		3.31

9/96	1.63	1.58	0.36	2.19	2.16	0.07
	1.19		2.08
	1.91		2.20


5/97	2.73	2.42	0.42	2.05	2.06	0.10
	2.59		2.16
	1.95		1.97

1/99	1.23	1.32	0.11	1.60	1.65	0.08
	1.45		1.74
	1.28		1.61

4/99	0.66	1.29	0.86		no data
	2.27
	0.95
5/00	1.40	1.16	0.26	1.21	1.18	0.23
	0.89		1.41
	1.18		0.94

1/01	1.10	0.95	0.13	1.14	1.07	0.14
	0.87		0.91
	0.90		1.16

5/02	1.43	1.64	0.30	1.76	2.35	0.62
	1.85		3.00
				2.30

2/3/2003	1.75	1.41	0.33	1.65	1.71	0.05
	1.10		1.75
	1.37		1.73