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Spatially Distributed Lake Mendota EXO Multi-Parameter Sonde Measurements Summer 2020

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:edi.90010.1
Title:Spatially Distributed Lake Mendota EXO Multi-Parameter Sonde Measurements Summer 2020
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data was collected over 6 sampling trips from August to October 2020. 35 grid boxes were generated over Lake Mendota. Before each sampling effort, sample point locations were randomized within each grid box. Surface measurements were taken with an EXO multi-parameter sonde at a subset of the 35 grid boxes throughout Lake Mendota during each sampling trip. Measurements include temperature, conductivity, chlorophyll, phycocyanin, turbidity, dissolved organic material, ODO, pH, and pressure.

Publication Date:2021-02-23

Time Period
Begin:
2020-08-06
End:
2020-10-05

People and Organizations
Contact:Beal, Maxwell R.W. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Graduate Research Assistant) [  email ]
Creator:Beal, Maxwell R.W. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Graduate Research Assistant )
Creator:Block, Paul J. (University of Wisconsin - Madison, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Mendota_2020
Description:
Spatially distributed EXO Sonde surface water quality measurements taken on Lake Mendota between August-October 2020
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/90010/1/3d25c695e8d016ef2b3a80f766953bb7
Name:Mendota_2020
Description:Spatially distributed EXO Sonde surface water quality measurements taken on Lake Mendota between August-October 2020
Number of Records:59
Number of Columns:14

Table Structure
Object Name:Mendota_2020.csv
Size:8320
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Table Column Descriptions
 DateTimeGridODO...satODO.mg.LSpCond.uS.cmpHTurbidity.FNUBGA.PC.RFUChlorophyll.RFUfDOM.RFUfDOM.QSUDepth.mPress.psi.a
Column Name:Date  
Time  
Grid  
ODO...sat  
ODO.mg.L  
SpCond.uS.cm  
pH  
Turbidity.FNU  
BGA.PC.RFU  
Chlorophyll.RFU  
fDOM.RFU  
fDOM.QSU  
Depth.m  
Press.psi.a  
Definition:Dates in YYYY-MM-DD formatTime in HH:MM:SS formatThe grid number each sampling point falls into (1-35)Optical Dissolved Oxygen in percent air saturationOptical Dissolved Oxygen in milligrams per literSpecific ConductancepH acidity measureTurbidityBlue Green Algae and Phycoerythrin measure in RFUChlorophyll count in RFUFluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in RFUFluorescent Dissolved Organic Matter in QSUDepth of measurementPressure
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Measurement Values Domain:
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision
Formathh:mm:ss
Precision
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Typereal
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Typereal
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Typereal
UnitpoundPerInchSquared
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Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabularywater quality
(No thesaurus)Lake Mendota, surface, spatial, Hydrology, Water Systems and Society

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

35 grid boxes are generated over Lake Mendota using QGIS software. Points are then randomly generated within each of the grid boxes prior to each sampling trip.

Instrument(s):QGIS
Description:

A YSI EXO Multi-parameter Sonde is used to take water quality measurements of surface waters at each point. Continuous water quality measurements are taken at each point for 2 minutes.

Description:

Data is processed by averaging the two minute continuous sonde measurement at each point.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: Maxwell R.W. Beal
Organization:University of Wisconsin - Madison
Position:Graduate Research Assistant
Email Address:
mrbeal@wisc.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2332-0704
Individual: Paul J. Block
Organization:University of Wisconsin - Madison
Position:Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email Address:
paul.block@wisc.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1993-7496
Contacts:
Individual: Maxwell R.W. Beal
Organization:University of Wisconsin - Madison
Position:Graduate Research Assistant
Email Address:
mrbeal@wisc.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2332-0704

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
2020-08-06
End:
2020-10-05
Geographic Region:
Description:Water quality measurements taken on Lake Mendota in Madison, WI, U.S.
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  43.146696Southern:  43.078491
Western:  -89.484538Eastern:  -89.367694

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:CAREER: Leveraging Hydro-climatic Processes to Advance Season-ahead Cyanobacteria Prediction and Beach Management
Personnel:
Individual: Paul J. Block
Organization:University of Wisconsin - Madison
Position:Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email Address:
paul.block@wisc.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1993-7496
Role:Principal Investigator
Individual: Maxwell R.W. Beal
Organization:University of Wisconsin - Madison
Position:Graduate Research Assistant
Email Address:
mrbeal@wisc.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2332-0704
Role:Data collection

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:

Data will be taken weekly each summer

Frequency:weekly
Other Metadata

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