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 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. From 1993 to the present, the
National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Program has continued
the support of the North Inlet-Winyah Bay monitoring. Each core
database and its variables are listed below.
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North Inlet Estuary Tide Gauge Station ID: 8662245;
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Real-Time Tide Data (NOAA's Website)
This link takes you to real-time data graphic display (1 hour delay).
Select SC on the map and then Oyster Landing, SC (North Inlet
Estuary). The
tide gauge measures water level in reference to MLLW in
Crabhaul Creek (Oyster Landing Pier) every six minutes
and is accurate to ±3 mm with a
resolution of ±1 mm.
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Archived Tide Data (USC Baruch Data Archive Links)
Monthly plots, site photographs, and
documentation can be viewed on Baruch’s website.
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Archived Tide Data (NOAA's Website)
Download or view the North Inlet Estuary's verified and
Archived 6 minute or hourly data on
NOAA's webpage; station ID = 8662245.
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NOTE: to those who work
with tidal data and tidal datums: The National Tidal Datum Epoch
has been updated to the 1983-01 epoch on April 21, 2003.
The updated elevations for the Oyster Landing
tide gauge are available on this
CO-OPS website.
Support to purchase the water level measurement system provided
by NSF Grant No. 9907650.
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- nitrogen (total whole, total filtered, particulate, ammonia,
nitrate-nitrite)
- phosphorus (total whole, total filtered, particulate,
orthophosphate)
- organic carbon (total, dissolved, particulate)
- total suspended sediment
- inorganic suspended sediment
- organic suspended sediment
- chlorophyll a, phaeophytin
Water quality parameters measured at the same time the water
sample was taken
- salinity
- tide elevation
- water temperature
- secchi
Ancillary data & images
- Sediment (water) color
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- nitrogen (total whole, total filtered, ammonia,
nitrate-nitrite)
- phosphorus (total whole, total filtered, orthophosphate)
- organic carbon (dissolved)
- total suspended sediment
- inorganic suspended sediment
- organic suspended sediment
- chlorophyll a
Water quality parameters measured at the same time the water
sample was taken:
- salinity
- tidal state
Ancillary data & images
- Sediment (water) color
- "Triplicate" water sample data (known as Grab Samples)
- Collection site photographs
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air temperature
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wind direction and speed
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maximum hourly wind speed
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barometric pressure
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solar radiation (Licor sensor: in microEinsteins/m2/s)
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solar radiation (Eppley sensor in Langleys/minute measuring
280-2800 nm wavelengths)
Water quality parameters measured at the same time:
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water temperature
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water conductivity
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water level
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air temperature
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wind direction and speed
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barometric pressure
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relative humidity
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solar radiation
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rain
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air temperature
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wind direction and speed
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barometric pressure
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relative humidity
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solar radiation
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rain
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Rain by event (start day/time & end day/time) in inches and
millimeters
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Total monthly rain by year in inches and millimeters (summary
data)
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Total annual rain by year in inches and millimeters (summary data)
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daily minimum and maximum air temperature
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10:00am instantaneous air temperature
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daily minimum and maximum barometric pressure
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daily minimum and maximum relative humidity
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total daily precipitation
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- Biweekly (every two weeks) total catch Abundance &
Biomass
- Biweekly species richness
- Biweekly individual species total catch Abundance &
Biomass
- Biweekly species lengths
- Biweekly water physical data at time of collection
ANCILLARY DATA
- Efficiency collection data (1984-1988)
- Additional sampling site data (1983-1984)
- Biweekly (every two weeks) 30 Taxa & Total
Epibenthos Mean Catch Abundance
- Biweekly water physical data at time of collection
ANCILLARY DATA
- Biweekly Number per Cubic Meter Catch Abundance per
Replicate
- Myrophis spp. Larvae Biweekly Mean Catch
Abundance (1981-2008)
- Larval Fish Lengths (1981-1985)
- Caridean Shrimp Lengths (1981-1982)
- Decapod Shrimp Life Stages (1984-1985)
- Biomass Estimates for all taxa
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North Inlet Long-Term
Spartina alterniflora database
(1984-2011) for control and fertilized plots |
ZPK zooplankton species (0.1 mm - 1 mm) abundance, lengths, life
stage (Biweekly data)
[Not Downloadable at this time]
MEIO meiobenthos species (0.1 mm - 0.5 mm) abundance, life stage
(Biweekly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time] SPAT oyster spat abundance at depth (Biweekly data)
[Not
Downloadable at this time]
IBIS nesting pair abundance [Not
Downloadable at this time] |
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20mm Fishes, Shrimps, & Crabs)
(known as OLFISH): 1983-2003
