gov.noaa.nodc:0277234 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-11-26T13:11:12Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Temperature, Salinity, pH, Oxygen, Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon, Suspended Sediments and Chlorophyll-a data for the Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound from 2020-05-28 to present (NCEI Accession 0277234) 2023-04-04 publication 2023-03-29 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/jacg-ts70 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0277234 NCEI Archive Management System 0277234 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Pat David Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) pdavid@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider John Lehrter Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) jlehrter@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Allison Fletcher Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) afletcher@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information collaborator Alex Parrish University of South Alabama aparrish@centralmethodist.edu collaborator Zhilong Liu Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) zliu@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information collaborator Nick LaBon Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) nlabon@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information collaborator Lehrter, John Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Fletcher, Allison Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Parrish, Alex University of South Alabama author Liu, Zhilong Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author LaBon, Nicholas Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) NCCOS Data Manager nccos.data@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact NOAA RESTORE Science Program noaarestorescience@noaa.gov https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA RESTORE Science Program website Institution web page information pointOfContact Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information contributor University of South Alabama contributor tableDigital Twenty-six surveys were carried out under the NOAA “RESTORE” project from 2020-present. The main objective of this project was to determine the spatial and temporal variability of parameters in Mobile Bay based on river discharge and seasonal variation. During these surveys, temperature, salinity, pH, oxygen, nutrients, chlorophyll, inorganic and organic carbon, and suspended sediments were measured at thirty different stations across Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound. The data being used in this project is to evaluate long term trends and variability in Mobile Bay. It is also used to calibrate and validate coupled physical and biogeochemical models developed in the project, and ultimately link variability to higher trophic levels like Oysters, Blue Crabs and Spotted Sea Trout. The data in this accession were funded by the NOAA RESTORE Science Program under award NA19NOS4510194 to University of South Alabama. Funding Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Funding Agency: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0277234 Preview graphic PNG 0277234 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2023-03-10 publication AMMONIUM (NH4) CARBON CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION DEPTH - OBSERVATION DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON DISSOLVED OXYGEN LATITUDE LONGITUDE nitrate + nitrite content (concentration) NITRITE NITROGEN NITROGEN - PARTICULATE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON pH phosphate SALINITY Secchi depth SEDIMENTS silica suspended solids Total Dissolved Nitrogen (TDN) WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CHN Analyzer fluorometer GPS multi-parameter water quality sensor nutrient autoanalyzer pH sensor photo-identification techniques Secchi disk sediment sieve Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ laboratory analyses theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Dauphin Island Sea Lab University of South Alabama dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Dauphin Island Sea Lab dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Mississippi North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication NOAA RESTORE project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Mississippi Sound Mobile Bay place Provider Location Keyword 14BGLD Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Lehrter, John; Fletcher, Allison; Parrish, Alex; Liu, Zhilong; LaBon, Nicholas (2023). Temperature, Salinity, pH, Oxygen, Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Carbon, Suspended Sediments and Chlorophyll-a data for the Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound from 2020-05-28 to present (NCEI Accession 0277234). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/jacg-ts70. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Liu, Z., Lehrter, J., Dzwonkowski, B., Lowe, L. L., & Coogan, J. (2022). Using dissolved oxygen variance to investigate the influence of nonextreme wind events on hypoxia in Mobile Bay, a shallow stratified estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.989017 2022-11-01 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.989017 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.989017 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.989017 Related journal article information Liu, Zhilong author Lehrter, John author Dzwonkowski, Brian author Lowe, Lisa L. author Coogan, Jeff author Frontiers Media SA publisher documentDigital Front. Mar. Sci. 9 ISSN 2296-7745 crossReference sciencePaper Building Resilience for Oysters, Blue Crabs, and Spotted Seatrout to Environmental Trends and Variability in the Gulf of Mexico 2019-09-01 publication https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/oysters-blue-crabs-seatrout HTTPS https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/projects/oysters-blue-crabs-seatrout NOAA RESTORE Science Program webpage information Lehrter, John author Baker, Ronald author Cebrian, Just author Dzwonkowski, Brian author Kalin, Latif author Lowe, Lisa author Petrolia, Dan author Powers, Sean author Tian, Di author Yun, Seong author NOAA RESTORE Science Program publisher documentDigital crossReference program National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2024. RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: RESTORE Sponsored Research Project: Building Resilience for Oysters, Blue Crabs, and Spotted Seatrout to Environmental Trends and Variability in the Gulf of Mexico. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73489 2024 publication gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:73489 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73489 HTTPS https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/73489 InPort Metadata Record information NOAA RESTORE Science Program https://restoreactscienceprogram.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA RESTORE Science Program website Institution web page information publisher tableDigital crossReference eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -88.35 -87.76 30.25 30.69 2020-05-08 2022-12-07 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0277234 v1.1 was published. 2023-04-04T15:33:31Z NCEI Accession 0277234 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0277234/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0277234 v1.1 published 2023-04-04T15:33:31Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: LAYER (measured); Units: Binary; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Identifier; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Refers to the layer of water (surface or bottom) that samples were collected from (S|B). Parameter or Variable: LATITUDE (measured); Units: angular degree; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The degrees of Lattitude recorded from the GPS at each station during the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: LONGITUDE (measured); Units: angular degree; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The degrees of Longitude recorded from the GPS at each station during the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - OBSERVATION (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: GPS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The depth recorded from the gps at each station. Parameter or Variable: Secchi depth (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Secchi disk; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement in meters taken with the secchi instrument at each station during the Mobile Bay survey. Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED OXYGEN (measured); Units: mg/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Dissolved oxygen measurement recorded from the YSI instrument during the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Temperature recorded from the YSI instrument during the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: PSU; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Salinity recorded from the YSI instrument during the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: pH (measured); Units: none; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Orion; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The pH measurement recorded from the Orion ph probe in the lab when processing samples from the Mobile Bay survey Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) (measured); Units: mg/L; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Shimadzu; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The DIC (dissolved inorganic carbon) value measured on the Shimadzu. Parameter or Variable: nitrate + nitrite content (concentration) (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Skalar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement given by the Skalar instrument for Nitrate+Nitrite in the water sample Parameter or Variable: phosphate (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Skalar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement of Phosphate given by the Skalar instrument in the water sample Parameter or Variable: NITRITE (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Skalar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement of Nitrite given by the Skalar instrument in the water sample Parameter or Variable: AMMONIUM (NH4) (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Skalar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement of Ammonium given by the Skalar instrument in the water sample Parameter or Variable: D Si- (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Skalar; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The measurement of Silicates/Silica given by the Skalar instrument in the water sample Parameter or Variable: CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION (measured); Units: microgram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: fluorometer; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The concentration of chlorophyll-a in a sample measured by the Flourometer Parameter or Variable: suspended solids (measured); Units: milligram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: TSS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The concentration of total suspended sediment in a sample Parameter or Variable: NITROGEN - PARTICULATE (measured); Units: milligram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Costech; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Particulate Nitrogen concentration in a sample measured by Costech instrument Parameter or Variable: NITROGEN (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Costech; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The percent of Nitrogen in the sample measured by Costech instrument Parameter or Variable: PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON (measured); Units: milligram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Costech; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Particulate Carbon concentration in the sample measured by Costech instrument Parameter or Variable: CARBON (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Costech; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The Percent of Carbon in the sample measured by Costech instrument Parameter or Variable: Total Dissolved Nitrogen (TDN) (measured); Units: milligram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Shimadzu; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The total dissolved nitrogen measurement of the sample given by the Shimadzu Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (measured); Units: milligram/liter; Observation Category: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: Shimadzu; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The Dissolved organic carbon measurement of the sample given by the Shimadzu asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CHN Analyzer CHN Analyzer Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen Analyzer Instrument used for measuring carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen in organic and other types of materials. fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation multi-parameter water quality sensor multi-parameter water quality sensor used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters Instrument used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters, often used to measure water quality parameters. Can be a hand-held instrument or a sonde for unattended monitoring. Often used in coastal water monitoring stations. YSI is the preeminent brand (as of 2024). nutrient autoanalyzer nutrient autoanalyzer Laboratory Instrument Nutrient Autoanalyzer is a generic term describing an automated flow-thru system used to conduct analyses of several different nutrients (nitrate, ammonium, orthophosphate, and silicate) simultaneously from a seawater sample. For example: SEAL AutoAnalyzer 3 HR Continuous Segmented Flow Analyzer pH sensor pH sensor generic meter used to measure pH Any of a class of instruments used to quantify pH in a water or other type of sample. photo-identification techniques photo-identification techniques A method of identifying species with persistent external patterns that can be used to identify unique individuals over the course of most of their adult life span. Examples include spots, anomalous pigmentation, and patterns on the trailing edges of marine mammal fins. https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/a9b6ed7f-2e26-4749-98f0-b3617451192b?gtm_keyword=Photo-Identification%20Techniques Secchi disk Secchi disk The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is taken as a measure of the transparency of the water. This measure is known as the Secchi depth and is related to water turbidity. [Wikipedia, 2021-09-02] sediment sieve sediment sieve USA standard testing sieve (A.S.T.M.E.) Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer Total Organic Carbon (TOC) analyzer measures the total amount of organic carbon contained in water