Daily Water Sample Suspended Sediment Data for the North Inlet Salt Marsh: Former Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/NIN005

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Title: Daily Water Sample Suspended Sediment Data for the North Inlet Salt Marsh: Former Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)/NIN005

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Abstract:

LTER - Long-Term Ecological Research Program/North Inlet Salt Marsh, South Carolina (NIN) LTER/NIN005 [Summary adapted from the LTER Core Dataset Catalog] Suspended sediment data were collected as part of the Daily Water Sample (see LTER/NIN003). Sampling sites are at Oyster Landing, Clambank and Town Creek. Samples are collected daily at 1000 hours EST. Three hundred ml of sample is filtered through a preweighed glass-fiber filter, dried at 100 C and weighed to determine the total suspended sediment concentration. The filter is then ashed at 400 C for 24 hours and reweighed. The weight of the remaining sediment is taken as an estimate of the inorganic suspended sediment (ISS) while the weight loss due to ashing is taken as an estimate of the organic suspended sediment (OSS). Daily TSS, ISS and OSS concentrations concentrations are available for 12 February 1981 until 31 December 1992. The North Inlet site is a former site in the LTER Program. Data were collected from 1980 until 1992. These databases are the result of long-term monitoring begun in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the North Inlet Estuary, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The National Science Foundation funded the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program in the North Inlet Estuary from 1981 to June, 1993.

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REFERENCE: Gardner, L.R.; L. Thombs; D. Edwards; D. Nelson. 1989. Time series analyses of suspended sediment concentrations at North Inlet, South Carolina. Estuaries, vol.12, issue 4, pp. 211-221. Pillay, S.; L.R. Gardner; B. Kjerfve. 1992. The effect of cross- sectional variations in velocity and concentration on estimating suspended sediment transport in tidal creeks. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., vol. 35, pp. 331-345. Gardner, L.R.; W.K. Michener; T.M. Williams; E.R. Blood; B. Kjerfve; L.A. Smock; D.J. Lipscomb; C. Gresham. 1992. Disturbance effects of Hurricane Hugo on a pristine coastal landscape: North Inlet, South Carolina, USA. Neth. J. Sea Res., vol. 30, pp. 249-263.

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Beginning_Date: 19810212

Ending_Date: 19921231

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Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 33.0

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > TURBIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > ESTUARIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > MARSHES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENTATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SUSPENDED SOLIDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > TURBIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > ESTUARINE HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE HABITAT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

Theme_Keyword: LTER > LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Theme_Keyword: Coastal

Theme_Keyword: Ecosystems

Theme_Keyword: Estuarine

Theme_Keyword: Estuary

Theme_Keyword: Inorganic Suspended Sediment

Theme_Keyword: Lter

Theme_Keyword: Nin

Theme_Keyword: Nin005

Theme_Keyword: North Inlet

Theme_Keyword: Nsf

Theme_Keyword: Organic Suspended Sediment

Theme_Keyword: Salt Marsh

Theme_Keyword: Secchi

Theme_Keyword: Secchi Depth

Theme_Keyword: Secchi Disk

Theme_Keyword: South Carolina

Theme_Keyword: Suspended Sediments

Theme_Keyword: Tidal Elevation

Theme_Keyword: Total Suspended Sediment

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: INLAND WATERS

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > SOUTH CAROLINA > NORTH INLET

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: BILL JOHNSON

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Belle W. Baruch Marine Field Laboratory

Address: P.O. Box 1630

City: Georgetown

State_or_Province: SC

Postal_Code: 29442

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 803-546-3623

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USC/BARUCH/BMFL > Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina

Contact_Person: JEFF JEFFERSON

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences

Address: University of South Carolina

City: Columbia

State_or_Province: SC

Postal_Code: 29208

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 803-777-3926

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 803-777-3935

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeff@inlet.geol.sc.edu

Resource_Description: LTER.NIN.SEDI

Resource_Description: NIN005

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http://links.baruch.sc.edu/data/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://links.baruch.sc.edu/data/

Access_Instructions:

Access to North Inlet LTER datasets.

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http://links.baruch.sc.edu/data/datadocgraph/data....

Access_Instructions:

Access to additional Baruch data sets

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090602

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MELANIE F. MEAUX

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time