Physiochemical water column parameters and hydrographic time series from river, lagoon, and open ocean sites along the Alaska Beaufort Sea coast, 2018-ongoing

• Main Author: Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER, Core Program
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e0e71c2d59bf7b08928061f546be6a9a; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-ble.3.1

To understand circulation and seasonality as part of the Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research program, temperature, conductivity, salinity, pressure, depth, and current velocity are recorded hourly in situ, starting August 2018 in lagoons across the Beaufort Sea coast (Elson Lagoon, Kaktovik Lagoon, and Jago Lagoon). Moorings include combinations of 1) RBR Concerto CTDs with temperature, conductivity, and pressure sensors; 2) StarOddi CTs with temperature and conductivity sensors; and 3) Lowell TCM-1 Tilt Current meters with MAT-1 Data Loggers for velocity and bearing. In addition, during BLE LTER's annual sampling, water column physiochemical parameters (chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, phycoerythrin concentration, pH, temperature, conductivity, salinity) are measured by hand with a YSI data sonde at river, lagoon, and open ocean sites along the Beaufort Sea coast. Here we provide both raw and quality controlled in situ mooring data, the R scripts used for processing, and all YSI sonde data plus a subset used to calibrate and validate the in situ mooring data.