Field Data for an Evaluation of Sensors for Continuous Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Finger Lakes Region, New York, 2018 - 2020

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data release contains meteorological, water temperature, light (photosynthetically active radiation and illumination), and multichannel fluorescence sensor data from the Finger Lakes Region of New York, during the fall of 2018 and the summer and fall of 2019 and 2020. It also includes all sensor data and associated discrete sample data, at the near surface (top), mid-depth (middle) and near bottom (bottom) depths. Data were collected from three Advanced Monitoring Pilot study platforms in open water at Seneca Lake (USGS station number 425027076564401), Owasco Lake (USGS station number 425327076313601), and Skaneateles Lake (USGS station number 425606076251601) in 2018 and 2019,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Cayuga, Cortland, New York, Onondaga, Ontario, All tags... Schuyler, Seneca, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Yates, air temperature, biota, field inventory and monitoring, field monitoring stations, phytoplankton, precipitation (atmospheric), water quality, water temperature, wind, Fewer tags

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

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