USGS Open-File Report 2004-1443, Operation Manual for a Time-Series, Storm-Activated Suspended Sediment Sampler Deployed in the Coastal Ocean, Table 3

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 3. Suspended matter concentrations (mg/l) collected at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) dock facility by the WTS-P instrument. The results of the suspended matter concentrations reflect simulated "storm" induced events (sampling actuated from responses of the pressure transducer by raising and lowering the instrument through the water column). The WTS-P and Niskin bottle samples were collected during the same time frames.

Due to a Niskin bottle malfunction, only two Niskin samples were collected on the March 2001 test date.

Sd= standard deviation.

Date	sample mg/l	WTS-P mean mg/l	sd	Niskin sample mg/l	Niskin mean mg/l	sd
8/98	1.23			2.34
	1.54	1.30	0.23	2.28	2.73	0.98
	1.02			2.12
	1.41			4.19

3/01	0.70			1.56
	0.61	0.60	0.07	1.25	1.41	0.22
	0.65
	0.54
	0.65
	0.50
	0.58
	0.59

6/02	1.44			3.01
	1.37	1.45	0.18	2.77	2.88	0.24
	1.22			2.55
	1.55			2.89
	1.68			3.17

8/02	1.95			2.13
	1.91	2.26	0.33	2.22	2.68	0.40
	2.08			2.87
	2.43			2.87
	2.62			2.87
	2.62			3.10

8/3/2004	2.00			2.63
	1.78	1.82	0.14	2.13	2.22	0.23
	1.61			2.14
	1.88			2.06
	1.81			2.15