Oceanographic data from sensor strings deployed in Halifax County as part of the Centre for Marine Applied Research's (CMAR) Coastal Monitoring Program.
This dataset has the following 22 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waterbody | waterbody | text | Waterbody in which the station for this deployment is located | St. Margarets Bay Spry Bay Beaver Harbour Sheet Harbour Shad Bay view top 100 |
| station | station | text | Name of the location for this deployment | Shut-In Island Spry Harbour Beaver Point East Gibbs Island Shad Bay view top 100 |
| lease | lease | text | Aquaculture lease number associated with the station (where applicable) | 772 1323 1348 view top 100 |
| latitude | latitude | number | Latitude of the deployment (decimal degrees) | 44.55768 44.50116 44.838832 44.55755 44.55766 view top 100 |
| longitude | longitude | number | Longitude of the deployment (decimal degrees) | -63.95343 -63.81413 -62.471045 -63.95414 -63.95407 view top 100 |
| deployment_range | deployment_range | text | String describing the instrument deployment and retrieval dates. The format is "YYYY-MMM-DD to YYYY-MMM-DD" | 2018-Feb-28 to 2018-Sep-13 2019-Apr-12 to 2019-Oct-19 2018-Apr-25 to 2019-May-02 2018-Feb-21 to 2018-Nov-15 2018-Sep-13 to 2019-Apr-12 view top 100 |
| string_configuration | string_configuration | text | Configuration in which the sensors were deployed. This can be one of six entries: “sub-surface buoy”, “surface buoy”, “attached to gear”, “attached to fixed structure”, “floating dock”, or “unknown” | sub-surface buoy surface buoy attached to gear view top 100 |
| sensor_type | sensor_type | text | Model of the sensor that recorded the measurement | aquameasure hobo vr2ar view top 100 |
| sensor_serial_number | sensor_serial_number | number | Unique identifying number for the sensor that recorded the measurement | 670362 670370 670371 670382 670383 view top 100 |
| timestamp_utc | timestamp_utc | calendar_date | Timestamp at which a measurement was made, in UTC. The formatting is "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" | 2019-04-20T13:00:00.000 2019-04-17T21:00:00.000 2019-04-15T11:00:00.000 2019-04-19T12:00:00.000 2019-04-18T17:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| sensor_depth_at_low_tide_m | sensor_depth_at_low_tide_m | text | Estimated depth of the sensor at low tide, in metres, based on its position in the sensor string configuration | 5 2 10 15 20 view top 100 |
| depth_crosscheck_flag | depth_crosscheck_flag | text | Quality control flag for sensor depth at low tide. Flag values can be "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail". The same flag is applied to the whole deployment. | Pass Suspect/Of Interest view top 100 |
| dissolved_oxygen_percent_saturation | dissolved_oxygen_percent_saturation | number | Dissolved oxygen measurement, in units of percent saturation | -101 102 107 101 106 view top 100 |
| dissolved_oxygen_uncorrected_mg_per_l | dissolved_oxygen_uncorrected_mg_per_l | text | Dissolved oxygen measurement, in units of mg/L, without applying a salinity correction factor | 12.62 12.61 12.65 13.35 13.3 view top 100 |
| salinity_psu | salinity_psu | text | Salinity measurement, in practical salinity units | view top 100 |
| sensor_depth_measured_m | sensor_depth_measured_m | text | Depth of the sensor, as measured by the sensor in metres | 14 21 22 13 15 view top 100 |
| temperature_degree_c | temperature_degree_c | number | Temperature measurement, in degrees Celsius | 0.3 0 2.9 11.1 2.8 view top 100 |
| qc_flag_dissolved_oxygen_percent_saturation | qc_flag_dissolved_oxygen_percent_saturation | text | Quality control flag for dissolved oxygen (percent saturation). Maximum flag value from four automated quality control tests: grossrange, climatology, spike, and rolling_sd. Flag values can be: "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail" | Pass Suspect/Of Interest Fail Not Evaluated view top 100 |
| qc_flag_dissolved_oxygen_uncorrected_mg_per_l | qc_flag_dissolved_oxygen_uncorrected_mg_per_l | text | Quality control flag for dissolved oxygen (mg/L). Maximum flag value from four automated quality control tests: grossrange, climatology, spike, and rolling_sd. Flag values can be: "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail" | Pass Suspect/Of Interest Not Evaluated Fail view top 100 |
| qc_flag_salinity_psu | qc_flag_salinity_psu | text | Quality control flag for salinity. Maximum flag value from three automated quality control tests: grossrange, spike, and rolling_sd. Flag values can be: "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail" | view top 100 |
| qc_flag_sensor_depth_measured_m | qc_flag_sensor_depth_measured_m | text | Quality control flag for measured sensor depth. Maximum flag value from three automated quality control tests: grossrange, spike, and rolling_sd. Flag values can be: "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail" | Pass Not Evaluated Suspect/Of Interest Fail view top 100 |
| qc_flag_temperature_degree_c | qc_flag_temperature_degree_c | text | Quality control flag for temperature. Maximum flag value from three automated quality control tests: grossrange, spike, and rolling_sd. Flag values can be: "Pass", "Not Evaluated", "Suspect/Of Interest", or "Fail" | Pass Fail Suspect/Of Interest Not Evaluated view top 100 |