Guy M Foster

Meteorological Data from Great South Bay at Watch Hill on Fire Island, New York, 2017 to 2022

This data release contains meteorological sensor data (6-minute intervals) collected at Great South Bay at Watch Hill on Fire Island (USGS station number, 01305575), New York, from 2017 to 2022. Measured parameters include: air pressure, air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind direction and speed, and wind-gust direction and speed. Data users are encouraged to review the metadata for information on data quality and screening prior to use.

Categories: Data; Tags: Climatology, Coastal Science, Fire Island National Seashore, Investigation and Monitoring Support, Long Island, All tags... New York, Real-time Monitoring, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Watch Hill, air temperature, atmospheric and climatic processes, field inventory and monitoring, field monitoring stations, precipitation (atmospheric), wind, Fewer tags

Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxin, Cyanotoxin Synthetase Gene, and other Water-Quality Data Collected from Five River Basins in the North Atlantic Appalachian Region, August through September, 2020

This data release contains cyanotoxin, chlorophyll-a, and pheophytin-a concentration, cyanobacterial genetics, phytoplankton community composition, and multiparameter sonde data collected from 20 sites in five northeastern United States river basins (Penobscot (ME), Santuit (MA), York (VA-WV), Salem (NJ), and Peconic (NY)). Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking (SPATT) passive samplers were deployed at all sites between August 31 and September 2, 2020, and retrieved after 7 days. Discrete water samples were collected when SPATTs were deployed, and at 2 sites (USGS station IDs 01670257, 0167014792), samples were also collected when the SPATTs were recovered. Sonde data were collected when deploying and retrieving...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Anatoxin-a, Aquatic Community Health, Chlorophyll-a, Contaminants, HABS, Cyanobacteria, All tags... Cylindrospermopsin, Dolby Pond, Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), HAB, Harmful Algal Bloom, Lake Anna, Maine, Massachusetts, Mattaponi River, Microcystin, New Jersey, New York, North Anna River, Pamunkey River, Peconic River, Peconic River Basin, Penobscot River, Penobscot River Basin, Pheophytin-a, Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), SPATT, Salem River, Salem River Basin, Santuit Pond, Santuit River, Santuit River Basin, Saxitoxin, Shinnecock Canal, Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, Water, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, York River, York River Basin, anaC gene, biota, cyanotoxin genetics, cyanotoxins, cyrA gene, environment, inlandWaters, mcyE gene, phytoplankton community composition, sxtA gene, Fewer tags

Water-quality data from two sites on Milford Lake, Kansas, July 26-27 and August 30-31, 2015

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release provides continuously-measured water-quality data collected from two sites on Milford Lake, Kansas, during July 26-27 and August 30-31, 2015. All data are reported as raw measured values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. Water-quality monitors were used to measure water temperature, specific conductance, turbidity, pH, chlorophyll, phycocyanin, and dissolved oxygen at fifteen-minute intervals. This dataset includes all continuously measured data collected at two short-term, fixed-site locations as part of a study to evaluate the spatial variability of harmful algal blooms in Milford Lake, Kansas.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chlorophyll, Continuously measured, Dissolved Oxygen, Fixed Site 1 Milford Lake, Kansas, Fixed Site 2 Milford Lake, Kansas, All tags... Harmful algal bloom, Kansas, Milford Lake, Monitor, Phycocyanin, Sensor, Spatial data collection, Specific Conductance, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 390610096555500, USGS Station ID 391328097000500, United States, Water Resources, Water Temperature, pH, Fewer tags

Laboratory and field data for selected turbidity standard and sensor comparisons, October 2014 to September 2017

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides continuously-measured turbidity data collected from ten sites in Kansas and two sites in Virginia from October 2014 to September 2017. All data are reported as raw measured values and are not rounded to USGS significant figures. Water-quality monitors were used to measure turbidity at hourly or fifteen-minute intervals for field comparisons and ten-second intervals for laboratory comparisons. This dataset includes all continuously measured data collected from eleven field sites and one laboratory site as part of a study to evaluate the variability in selected turbidity sensors and standards.

Categories: Data; Tags: Cheney Reservoir near Cheney, KS, Difficult Run above Fox Lake near Fairfax, VA, Hach StablCal, James River at Cartersville, VA, Kansas, All tags... Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Kansas Water Science Center Lab, Lawrence, KS, Little Arkansas River at Highway 50 near Halstead, KS, Little Arkansas River near Sedgwick, KS, Mill Creek at Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS, Monitor, Neosho River at Burlingame Road near Emporia, KS, Neosho River at Burlington, KS, Neosho River at Neosho Rapids, KS, North Fork Ninnescah River above Cheney Reservoir, KS, Sensor, Standard, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, Turbidity, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS Station ID 01645704, USGS Station ID 02035000, USGS Station ID 06892350, USGS Station ID 06892513, USGS Station ID 07143672, USGS Station ID 07144100, USGS Station ID 07144780, USGS Station ID 07144790, USGS Station ID 07179750, USGS Station ID 07182390, USGS Station ID 07182510, United States, Virginia, Water Quality, YSI 6136, YSI EXO, YSI Polymer, Fewer tags

Laboratory and Field Data for a Performance Evaluation of the PhytoFind, an In-Place Phytoplankton Classification Tool

This data release presents the laboratory and field results of a performance evaluation conducted on the Turner Designs, Inc., PhytoFind, an in-place phytoplankton classification tool. The laboratory evaluation included tests that were designed to characterize PhytoFind performance under a range of conditions that may affect phytoplankton fluorescence and sensor response. Laboratory tests included a range of phytoplankton types, morphologies, and biomass; water temperatures; and matrix challenges. Laboratory evaluations on the PhytoFind were performed at U.S. Geological Survey offices in Orlando, Florida and Troy, New York on various dates from July to November 2019. Data from a moving-boat survey was designed to...

Categories: Data; Tags: Caloosahatchee Canal, Caloosahatchee River, Lake Okeechobee, North Fork Saint Lucie River, Orlando, Florida, All tags... PhytoFind, Saint Lucie Canal, Saint Lucie Inlet, South Fork Saint Lucie River, Surface-Water Quality Monitoring, Troy, New York, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Quality, algae, algal fluorescence, estuarine ecosystems, field tests, flow cytometry, freshwater ecosystems, grab sampling, laboratory tests, matrix challenge, mixed culture, monoculture, phycocyanin-containing algae, phycoerythrin-containing algae, phytoplankton, surface water quality, total chlorophyll, water sampling, Fewer tags