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Marine Water Quality Monitoring in Washington State

Entry ID: wa_de_marinewaterquality

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Summary

Abstract: The Washington State Department of Ecology has conducted marine water
quality monitoring at a number of stations in Puget Sound, Grays
Harbor and Willapa Bay since 1973. About 40 stations are monitored
each year on a monthly basis. Some stations are monitored every year
while some are monitored on a rotating schedule.

Parameters monitored include profiles of temperature, salinity,
density, ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 47.0	S: 46.25	E: -123.75	W: -124.25

Min Depth: 0 M Max Depth: 30 M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Washington State Department of Ecology

Dataset Title: Marine Water Quality Monitoring in Washington State

Dataset Release Date: unknown

Dataset Release Place: Olympia, Washington

Dataset Publisher: Washington State Department of Ecology

Online Resource: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/mwm_intr.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1973-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > Grays Harbor

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > Puget Sound

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > Willapa Bay

Science Keywords

OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

TRANSPORTATION

Quality Data quality and measurement procedures have varied significantly over
the period. Beware of these attributes before any analysis of these
data. Data quality is indicated by a data qualifier code (qc) with
four levels 1-state of the art method, adequate quality control 2-Less
precise method, quality control, 3-Known or suspected data problem;
4-Unknown method or quality control, C-calculated value.

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

marine water quality monitoring

temperature

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Department of Ecology, Washington State

Data Center URL: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JAN NEWTON Phone: 360 407-6675 Email: jnew461 at ECY.WA.GOV Contact Address: Washington State Department of Ecology City: Olympia Province or State: Washington Country: USA