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 (IndianRivBayYSI.xls)

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: John F. Bratton
Originator: Adrian Green
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:

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 (IndianRivBayYSI.xls)

Edition: 1
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2011-1039

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111039
Online_Linkage:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1039/html/ofr2011-1039-catalog.html

Online_Linkage:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1039/data/ysi_sensor/IndianRivBayYSI.zip

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: V.A. Cross
Originator: J.F. Bratton
Originator: H.A. Michael
Originator: K.D. Kroeger
Originator: A. Green
Originator: E. Bergeron
Publication_Date: 2014
Title:

Continuous Resistivity Profiling and Seismic-Reflection Data Collected in April 2010 from Indian River Bay, Delaware

Edition: 1
Series_Information:

Series_Name: Open-File Report
Issue_Identification: 2011-1039

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1039/
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111039

Description:

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 https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2010-006-FA.

Purpose:

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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20100412
Ending_Date: 20100415

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

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

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:bb5cc072-c6f6-4ad1-89f3-7b26ed5de1b8

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC
Theme_Keyword: Field Activity Number 2010-006-FA
Theme_Keyword: Info Bank ID K-6-10-DL
Theme_Keyword: R/V Knob
Theme_Keyword: YSI 600 XLM
Theme_Keyword: temperature
Theme_Keyword: conductivity
Theme_Keyword: salinity
Theme_Keyword: Open-file Report 2011-1039

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: CTD measurement
Theme_Keyword: navigational data

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: North America
Place_Keyword: North Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: Delaware
Place_Keyword: Indian River Bay
Place_Keyword: Indian River Inlet
Place_Keyword: Holts Landing
Place_Keyword: Piney Neck
Place_Keyword: Rosedale Beach

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: Information not available from original metadata.
Completeness_Report:

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.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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.

Process_Date: 2010

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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.

Process_Date: 201004
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Adrian Green
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Geochemist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2316
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 5084572310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: adriangreen@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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".

Process_Date: 201007
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: John F. Bratton
Contact_Organization: NOAA/GLERL

Contact_Position: Deputy Director
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 4840 S. State Rd.
City: Ann Arbor
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48108-9719

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (734) 741-2235
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: John.Bratton@noaa.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edits to the metadata were made to fix any errors that MP v 2.9.36 flagged. This is necessary to enable the metadata to be successfully harvested for various data catalogs. In some cases, this meant adding text "Information unavailable" or "Information unavailable from original metadata" for those required fields that were left blank. Other minor edits were probably performed (title, publisher, publication place, etc.). Attempted to modify http to https where appropriate. Moved the minimal source information provided to make it the first process step. The metadata date (but not the metadata creator) was edited to reflect the date of these changes. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata bundled within a download file. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent.

Process_Date: 20171002
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description: USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
Process_Date: 20180720
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.

Process_Date: 20200908
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

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.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:

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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: XLS
Format_Version_Number: Excel 2003
Format_Information_Content:

The WinZip (v. 14) file contains all the YSI data (raw and filtered) from USGS 2010-006-FA and the associated metadata files.

Transfer_Size: 0.10

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1039/data/ysi_sensor/IndianRivBayYSI.zip

Network_Resource_Name:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1039/html/ofr2011-1039-catalog.html

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111039

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

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

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20240318
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd.
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
Contact_Instructions:

The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the person is no longer with USGS. (updated on 20240318)

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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