gov.noaa.nodc:0203764 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 2026-01-17T04:55:02Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) National Centers Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Monitoring: Six-minute water level, temperature, and salinity data from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL), Jacksonville, NC, 2008-02-21 to 2018-11-06 (NCEI Accession 0203764) 2019-09-30 publication 2019-09-27 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/e0v9-ts36 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0203764 NCEI Archive Management System 0203764 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 NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Carolyn A. Currin NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Carolyn.currin@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Anna K. Hilting NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) anna.hilting@noaa.gov https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information pointOfContact 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 Michael D. Greene NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator Anna K. Hilting NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator jenny davis NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator Quentin A. Walker NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information collaborator John Wernly United States Geological Survey (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information collaborator Priscilla Delano Pitt County, NC, Department of Social Services (DSS) collaborator Hilting, Anna K. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Greene, Michael D. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author Currin, Carolyn A. NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information contributor United States Geological Survey (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset is an inventory of 6-minute water level, water salinity, and water temperature data from two secondary water level stations at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL), Jacksonville, NC, collected between 2008 and 2018. The Mile Hammock Bay (MHB) water level station (CO-OPS # 8657098), located at 34.55388N, 77.326181W, on the west bulkhead of the MHB basin and approximately 3 km northeast of the New River inlet, was established on February 21, 2008, by NOAA and decommissioned on November 6, 2018. The Gottschalk Marina Wallace Creek (GMWC) water level station (CO-OPS # 8656648), located at 34.67723N, 77.362721W, on the west corner of the marina dock approximately 16.5 km north of the New River inlet, became operational on May 15, 2008, ceased operation on August 26, 2016, and was decommissioned on September 12, 2016. Water level was measured in meters above the sensor and adjusted to meters NAVD 88 using methods described in Hilting et al., 2019. Water salinity was measured on the unitless practical salinity scale, and temperature was measured in degrees Celsius. Two secondary water level stations at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL) in Jacksonville, NC, were established in 2008 and maintained by NOAA’s Beaufort Lab until 2016 to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Estuarine/Coastal Research Program (DCERP) by providing temperature, salinity, and water level at six-minute intervals. One station continued to support related DoD research until November 2018. The main objective of the dataset is to provide estimates of inundation at marsh research sites to understand the controls of marsh elevation and vegetation to changes in water level. Partners include DCERP researchers. Results based on this dataset have been included in chapters of two DCERP monitoring reports and one DCERP research report (Currin, 2003, Currin et al., 2018, and Morris and Currin, 2013). Funding Agency: US Department of Defense; Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Funding Agency: NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Partner: United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Partner: RTI International 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:0203764 Preview graphic PNG 0203764 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2019-09-27 publication SALINITY WATER LEVEL WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS multi-parameter water quality sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science United States Geological Survey dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 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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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian RTI International United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune dataCentre Partner Organizations Defense Coastal / Estuarine Research Program (DCERP2) NCCOS Project Number 175: Salt Marsh Ecology in an Era of Sea Level Rise SERDP's Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP1) US Department of Defense; Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Project #RC-2245 project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Landforms > Salt Marsh Earth Science > Land Surface > Geomorphic Landforms/Processes > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Changes theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 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 In Situ Land-based Platforms > Hydrological Stations Secondary water level stations platform Provider Platforms Continent > North America > United States Of America > North Carolina place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 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. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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 U.S. States and Territories > North Carolina Waterbodies > Atlantic Ocean place NCCOS Regions of Study Atlantic Intracoastal Water Way Coastal Ocean Estuary Mile Hammock Bay New River New River Estuary Wallace Creek place Provider Place Names 2DUAPU Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Hilting, Anna K.; Greene, Michael D.; Currin, Carolyn A. (2019). National Centers Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Monitoring: Six-minute water level, temperature, and salinity data from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCBCL), Jacksonville, NC, 2008-02-21 to 2018-11-06 (NCEI Accession 0203764). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 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Salt Marsh Ecology in an Era of Sea Level Rise 2004 publication https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/salt-marsh-ecology-era-sea-level-rise/ HTTPS https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/salt-marsh-ecology-era-sea-level-rise/ National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) project page information NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) website Institution web page information publisher documentDigital crossReference project SERDP's Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP1) 2019 publication https://www.serdp-estcp.org/Program-Areas/Resource-Conservation-and-Resiliency/Natural-Resources/Coastal-and-Estuarine-Ecology-and-Management/RC-1413/RC-1413 HTTPS Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP1) DCERP 1 Project Page information crossReference Defense Coastal / Estuarine Research Program (DCERP2) 2019 publication https://www.serdp-estcp.org/Program-Areas/Resource-Conservation-and-Resiliency/Natural-Resources/Coastal-and-Estuarine-Ecology-and-Management/RC-2245/RC-2245 HTTPS Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP2) DCERP 2 Project Page information crossReference Chapter 7: Marsh Surface Elevation In: Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP1) Final Monitoring Report 2013 publication https://www.serdp-estcp.org/content/download/21352/222957/file/RC-1413-DCERP%20Final%20Monitoring%20Report.pdf HTTPS SERDP Project RC-1413 Final Report download Currin, C.A. author Department of Defense publisher documentDigital SERDP Project RC-1413 Ch. 7 SERDP Project RC-1413 crossReference sciencePaper Chapter 11: Coastal Wetlands Module Monitoring Activity CWM-1. In: Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP2) Final Report 2018 publication https://www.serdp-estcp.org/content/download/47287/451159/file/RC-2245%20Final%20Report.pdf HTTPS SERDP Project RC-2245 Final Report download Currin, C.A. author A. Hilting author M. Greene author S. Ensign author Department of Defense publisher documentDigital SERDP Project RC-2245 Ch. 11 SERDP Project RC-2245 crossReference sciencePaper Chapter 7: Drivers and Forecasts of the Responses of Tidal Salt Marshes to Sea Level Rise (Research Project CW-1) In: Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program (DCERP1) Final Research Report 2013 publication https://www.serdp-estcp.org/content/download/19559/211462/file/RC-1413-DCERP1.pdf HTTPS SERDP Project RC-1413 Final Report download Morris, J.T. author Currin, C.A. author Department of Defense publisher documentDigital SERDP Project RC-1413 Ch. 7 SERDP Project RC-1413 crossReference sciencePaper Hilting, A. K. (2021). A Decade of Water Level Changes along the New River Estuary in North Carolina, USA. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.). https://doi.org/10.25923/t5pn-xc77 2021 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.25923/t5pn-xc77 https://doi.org/10.25923/t5pn-xc77 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.25923/t5pn-xc77 NOAA Technical Memorandum information Hilting, A.K. author National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) publisher documentDigital National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.) crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -77.362721 -77.326181 34.55388 34.67723 2008-02-21 2018-11-06 Methods: Six Yellow Springs Instrument (YSI) 600LS vented sondes were interchanged approximately every 5 months at each station. Sonde data were downloaded every 1-2 months and compiled for each sonde deployment. Sondes were calibrated prior to deployment, checked for drift post-deployment, and serviced regularly by YSI. Some drift in water level calibration did occur, contributing to systematic error over the deployment and random error over the time series. Drift in time occurred most frequently, with a gain or loss of 1-2 minutes over a deployment. Water level data recorded relative to the sonde depth were adjusted to m NAVD88 using methods described in Hilting et al., 2019. The compiled deployment data of each secondary station were compared to each other and to the National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) station in Beaufort, NC, (#8656483) for consistency in their relative trends. This comparison helped identify the exact timing of a shift in sensor elevation due to a boat strike, for example, and decoupling of the exterior pipe and the backing board (Hilting et al., 2019). Data with uncertain sensor elevation were removed. Large gaps (> 3 hrs) in the record also resulted from battery failures or sensor malfunction. Once reviewed for quality control, the water level data from each sonde deployment at each station were compiled into a master database and gaps < 3 hours and offsets from the exact 6-minute interval were linearly interpolated. Water level data were collected from May 15, 2008, to August 26, 2016, at Gottschalk Marina Wallace Creek (GMWC) (8.3 years) with a gap of 6 days starting May 27, 2016. Continuous data span a full 8 years at GMWC. There was a 6-day gap (5/27/16-6/2/16) at GMWC in water level data due to instrument failure or disturbance. At Mile Hammock Bay (MHB), where eight gaps of 7 to 61 days occurred between February 21, 2008, and November 6, 2018 (10.7 years of data collection), the longest continuous record was from February 27, 2013, to December 24, 2016 (1396 days or 3.8 years). There were eight large gaps (7-84 days duration) at MHB in water level data due to instrument failure or disturbance: 2/29/08-4/10/08, 6/22/09-7/31/09, 10/20/11-12/7/11, 2/14/13-2/27/13, 12/24/2016-1/4/2017, 1/28/2017-3/30/2017, 8/2/2018- 8/9/2018, and 9/10/2018-9/26/2018. Temporal gaps in the water salinity and water temperature data were not interpolated but adjustments were made to the recorded date and time to by adding or subtracting up to 2 minutes in order to provide data on the exact 6 minute increment. Both the original recorded date and time, and the adjusted date and time are provided. For detailed methodology see Hilting et al., 2019. A summary of the number of gaps of different periods of duration in the record is in Table 1. The start time and duration of gaps > 3 hours in MHB and GMWC water temperature and water salinity are provided in Table 2. Table 1: Water Temperature and Salinity Data Gap Summary Gap Duration Station Temperature Gaps (n) Salinity Gaps (n) < 1 hour MHB 92 89 1-3 hours MHB 18 16 > 3 hours MHB 7 8 Total # gaps MHB 117 113 < 1 hour GMWC 66 67 1-3 hours GMWC 11 11 > 3 hours GMWC 2 2 Total # gaps GMWC 79 80 Table 2: Water Temperature and Salinity Data Gaps Greater than 3 Hours Gap start time (EST) Station Gap > 3 hours duration (days) Temperature Salinity 2/29/2008 11:18 MHB 41.2 x x 5/9/2012 8:12 MHB 113.1 x 2/14/2013 5:42 MHB 13.4 x x 9/10/2014 13:06 MHB 0.1 x x 12/24/2016 22:24 MHB 10.6 x x 1/28/2017 12:24 MHB 59.9 x x 10/12/2017 8:48 MHB 53.3 x x 8/2/2018 19:48 MHB 6.6 x x 9/4/14 13:24 GMWC 0.2 x x 6/2/16 14:42 GMWC 6.3 x x 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. 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Parameter or Variable: TEMPERATURE - WATER [WATER TEMPERATURE] (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; Sampling and Analyzing Method: For detailed methodology see Hilting et al., 2019.; Data Quality Method: For detailed methodology see Hilting et al., 2019. Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: unitless (Practical Salinity Scale); Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; Sampling and Analyzing Method: For detailed methodology see Hilting et al., 2019.; Data Quality Method: For detailed methodology see Hilting et al., 2019. asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian 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).