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National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Water Quality Monitoring Program

Entry ID: noaanosnerr_d_nerrparent

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Summary

Abstract: Water quality monitoring is conducted, for all 22 National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites, at two locations within or adjacent to the Reserve. These two locations monitor a reference non-impacted site (baseline condition) and a non-point source pollution site. The following parameters are measured at least every 30 minutes: water temperature, conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen ... (percent saturation and concentration mg/L), pH, turbidity, and water depth. All water quality data loggers (YSI's) are deployed from a known depth from the bottom at each site.

The National Estuarine Research Reserve data is collected to fulfill two major goals: to support state-specific non-point source pollution control programs by establishing local networks of continuous water quality monitoring stations in representative protected estuarine ecosystems; and to develop a nationwide database on baseline environmental conditions in the NERR system of estuaries.

The System-wide Monitoring Program seeks to &identify and track short-term variability and long-term changes in the integrity and biodiversity of representative estuarine ecosystems and coastal watersheds for the purposes of contributing to effective national, regional, and site specific coastal zone management&. This comprehensive program consists of three phased components: (1) abiotic factors (i.e. water quality & meteorological monitoring), (2) biodiversity monitoring, and (3) land use planning analysis. With the initial focus on phase (1), the NERR System-wide Monitoring Program will provide data necessary for site and inter-site baseline studies, trend analyses and impact assessment.

See individual National Estuarine Research Reserve sites for citation, time period of content, geographic descriptions, experimental design: ACE Basin, South Carolina; Apalachicola Bay, Florida; Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; Chesapeake Bay, Virginia; Delaware NERR, Delaware; Elkhorn Slough, California; Great Bay, New Hampshire; Hudson River, New York; Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico; Jacques Cousteau/Mullica River, New Jersey; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; North Inlet-Winyah Bay, South Carolina; North Carolina NERR, North Carolina; Old Woman Creek, Ohio; Padilla Bay, Washington; Rookery Bay, Florida; Sapelo Island, Georgia; South Slough, Oregon; Tijuana River, California; Wells, Maine; Weeks Bay, Alabama; Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts.

Information for this metadata was taken from the Water Quality Data Dissemination Page and individual site pages which can be accessed at - http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 43.5

S: 18.0

E: -65.9

W: -117.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Ocean Coastal Resource Management, National Estuarine Research Reserve

Dataset Title: National Estuarine Research Reserve System-Wide Water Quality Monitoring Program

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: Georgetown, South Carolina

Dataset Publisher: NOAA, NOS, Ocean and Coastal Resource Mgmt., National Estuarine Research Reserve

Data Presentation Form: spreadsheet

Online Resource: http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONTAMINANT LEVELS/SPILLS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > TURBIDITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

SHIPS

Instrument

RAWINSONDES

TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

CEAREX > Coordinated Eastern Arctic Experiment

GEWEX > Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

ISCCP

GEWEX

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NASA/GISS

Data Center

Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WILLIAM B. ROSSOW Email: william.b.rossow at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies 2880 Broadway City: New York Province or State: NY Postal Code: 10025 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online WWW

Fees: none

Personnel

JUDY CURRY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: curryja at eas.gatech.edu

Contact Address:

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2002-10-02

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-08-26

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