Ellyn T. Montgomery
Marinna A. Martini
Francis L. Lightsom
Bradford Butman
Daniel J. Nowacki
Steven E. Suttles
2021
Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Measurement Database
3.0
point measurements- oceanographic time-series data
USGS Open-File Report
2007-1194
Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071194
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Oceanographic Time-Series Measurements Database contains oceanographic observations made as part of studies designed to increase understanding of sediment transport processes and associated ocean dynamics. This report describes the instrumentation and platforms used to make the measurements; the methods used to process and apply quality-control criteria and archive the data; and the data storage format. The report also includes instructions on how to access the data from the online database at https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/.
Many types of physical oceanographic measurements have been collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program over 30 years. This report describes each instrument used to collect the data and the processing used for each type of data. The process for accessing the on-line data and the software required for analysis and display are also described. The data available may be useful for a variety of investigations that require physical oceanographic observations of ocean currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity.
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Documentation reflects conditions at the time published. Measurements reflect conditions at the time observed.
Additional documentation may be added in future to describe new sensors or processing techniques.
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Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program
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sediment transport
coastal oceanography
near bottom observations
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U.S. Geological Survey > Coastal/ Marine Hazards and Resources Program > Woods Hole Science Center
Database Manager
Technical Information Specialist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
(508) 457-2310
stellwagen_manager@usgs.gov
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Data in this collection were obtained using many different types of instruments with differing precision and accuracy for the measured parameters. Generally instruments used to collect data in this collection represent state of the art scientific grade instrumentation for the field of oceanography and environmental monitoring. This document describes the methods used to collect and provide quality control and quality assurance of the data published to this collection.
This report describes all the data acquisition, Quality Assurance and Quality Control processing steps that are employed to publish oceanographic data.
The report describing the methods of data acquisition and processing is complete.
Data processing procedures are specific to the instrument used and are described in this report. All data is processed within a month of platform recovery, with the version of the software available at the time of processing.
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U.S. Geological Survey > Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program > Woods Hole Science Center
Database Manager
Technical Information Specialist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
(508) 457-2310
stellwagen_manager@usgs.gov
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U.S. Geological Survey > Coastal/Marine Hazards and Resources Program > Woods Hole Science Center
Database Manager
Technical Information Specialist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
(508) 457-2310
stellwagen_manager@usgs.gov
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