IndianRivBayYSI.xls: Temperature, conductivity and salinity data collected with a YSI 600 XLM multi-parameter sonde in Indian River Bay, Delaware, from April 12 to April 15, 2010 on U.S. Geological Survey Cruise 2010-006-FA

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IndianRivBayYSI.xls: Temperature, conductivity and salinity data collected with a YSI 600 XLM multi-parameter sonde in Indian River Bay, Delaware, from April 12 to April 15, 2010 on U.S. Geological Survey Cruise 2010-006-FA
Abstract:
A geophysical survey to delineate the fresh-saline groundwater interface and associated sub-bottom sedimentary structures beneath Indian River Bay, Delaware, was carried out in April 2010. This included surveying at higher spatial resolution in the vicinity of a study site at Holts Landing, where intensive onshore and offshore studies were subsequently completed. The total length of continuous resistivity profiling (CRP) survey lines was 145 kilometers (km), with 36 km of chirp seismic lines surveyed around the perimeter of the bay. Medium-resolution CRP surveying was performed using a 50-meter streamer in a bay-wide grid. Results of the surveying and data inversion showed the presence of many buried paleochannels beneath Indian River Bay that generally extended perpendicular from the shoreline in areas of modern tributaries, tidal creeks, and marshes. An especially wide and deep paleochannel system was imaged in the southeastern part of the bay near White Creek. Many paleochannels also had high-resistivity anomalies corresponding to low-salinity groundwater plumes associated with them, likely due to the presence of fine-grained estuarine mud and peats in the channel fills that act as submarine confining units. Where present, these units allow plumes of low-salinity groundwater that was recharged onshore to move beyond the shoreline, creating a complex fresh-saline groundwater interface in the subsurface. The properties of this interface are important considerations in construction of accurate coastal groundwater flow models. These models are required to help predict how nutrient-rich groundwater, recharged in agricultural watersheds such as this one, makes its way into coastal bays and impacts surface water quality and estuarine ecosystems. For more information on the survey conducted for this project, see <http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/ia/public_ds_info.php?fa=2010-006-FA>.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Bratton, John F. , and Green, Adrian, 2014, IndianRivBayYSI.xls: Temperature, conductivity and salinity data collected with a YSI 600 XLM multi-parameter sonde in Indian River Bay, Delaware, from April 12 to April 15, 2010 on U.S. Geological Survey Cruise 2010-006-FA: Open-File Report 2011-1039, U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA.

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    This is part of the following larger work.

    Cross, V.A., Bratton, J.F., Michael, H.A., Kroeger, K.D., Green, A., and Bergeron, E., 2014, Continuous Resistivity Profiling and Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in April 2010 from Indian River Bay, Delaware: Open-File Report 2011-1039, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

    Online Links:

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.202683
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.065683
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.620000
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.569250

  3. What does it look like?

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: 12-Apr-2010
    Ending_Date: 15-Apr-2010
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    This Excel 2003 spreadsheet has 3 worksheets. The first worksheet "notes" has information regarding the system and data acquisition. The second worksheet "JB culled data 28 July 2010" represents the accepted YSI data values. The third worksheet "IndianRivBay 12AprYSI" contains all the original YSI data collected. Of special note: the times recorded in the Excel worksheets are local time. UTC time is +4 hours.

Who produced the data set?

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  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    VeeAnn A. Cross
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Marine Geologist
    Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

    (508) 548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov

Why was the data set created?

The purpose of this dataset is to release the temperature, conductivity and salinity data collected with a YSI 600 XLM multi-parameter sonde in Indian River Bay, Delaware from April 12 to April 15, 2010. This Excel 2003 file includes the original data, edited data, and various notes on the data collection and editing. These data were used to aid in processing the continuous resistivity profile data collected at the same time.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

    (source 1 of 1)
    Source_Contribution:
    The YSI 600XLM was mounted just behind the fathometer transducer on the starboard side of the boat. This placed the instrument almost directly below the navigation antenna. On the first three days of data collection (April 12-14) this mount location was 17.6 m forward of the first electrode in the continuous resistivity profiling streamer array. On the fourth day (April 15), the GPS/YSI package was moved 1.6 meters toward the stern. Although data collection was continuous, recording a reading every minute, the values are fairly inconsistent. This inconsistency is possibly due to the YSI cavitating at speed, or too much air in the sensor cavity from fast moving water.

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: Apr-2010 (process 1 of 2)
    The temperature, conductivity and salinity values that the sonde measures are recorded onto the memory of the sonde itself. At the end of each day, the raw data are uploaded onto a computer using ECO Watch software and then exported into Excel 2003. Each day of data collection was combined into a single Excel worksheet with headers added. These original data are in the worksheet Indian RivBay12AprYSI. In addition to the YSI data, a worksheet called "notes" was added with useful information about the system and collection.

    Person who carried out this activity:

    Adrian Green
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Geochemist
    384 Woods Hole Rd.
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

    (508) 548-8700 x2316 (voice)
    5084572310 (FAX)
    adriangreen@usgs.gov

    Date: Jul-2010 (process 2 of 2)
    Not all values recorded by the YSI are valid. A process of manually evaluating the data led to a third worksheet being added to the Excel 2003 file containing what are thought to be valid readings. This worksheet is "JB culled data 28 July 2010".

    Person who carried out this activity:

    John F. Bratton
    NOAA/GLERL
    Deputy Director
    4840 S. State Rd.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719

    (734) 741-2235 (voice)
    John.Bratton@noaa.gov

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

    The navigation system used was a Lowrance 480M with an LGC-2000 Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna. The antenna was located directly above the fathometer transducer mount point, but offset to the starboard by 2 meters from the resistivity streamer tow point. The YSI meter was mounted just behind the fathometer. GPS data are assumed to be accurate within 10 meters on this survey.

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    All of the original YSI data collected on the cruise is included, as well as the edited version containing what are thought to be the valid values.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None.
Use_Constraints:
The public domain data from the U.S. Government are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator of the dataset.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    VeeAnn A. Cross
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Marine Geologist
    Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

    (508) 548-8700 x2251 (voice)
    (508) 457-2310 (FAX)
    vatnipp@usgs.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    Downloadable Data

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    Neither the U.S. government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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    The user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and reading an Excel 2003 spreadsheet.

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Dates:
Last modified: 30-Jun-2014
Metadata author:
VeeAnn A. Cross
U.S. Geological Survey
Marine Geologist
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598

(508) 548-8700 x2251 (voice)
(508) 457-2310 (FAX)
vatnipp@usgs.gov

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