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Long-term marine water quality data

notes on data availability and qualifiers


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station type	count
core	26
rotating	47
Puget Sound coastal estuaries
station groups

station group: Puget Sound coastal estuaries

selected station:

station information:

type	latitude	longitude	max depth	county	wria	*map detail
core	48.0300	-122.6167	153 meters	Island	06	TopoZone.com®

selected year:

08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01	00	99	98	97	96	95	94	93	92	91	90	89
88	87	86	85	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	75

Data for gray-shaded years are available on request: data request form

Data for pink-shaded years are provisional and have not yet been finalized.

selected month:

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

selected discrete sample data for ADM001, January 19, 2000 - 11:14

depth (m)	fecal coliform (# per 100ml)	chloro- phyll lab (ug/l)	pheo- pigment (ug/l)	dissolved nitrate (uM)	dissolved ammo- nium (uM)	dissolved ortho- phosphate (uM)	dissolved silicate (uM)	secchi (m)
0.5	1							7.5
30.0				28.02	0.00	2.37	64.78

detailed-profile data for ADM001, January 19, 2000

depth (meters)	temper-ature (celsius)	salinity (psu)	density (sigma t)	chloro- phyll raw (ug/l)	dissolved oxygen (mg/l)		light trans-mission (%)	pH
depth (meters)	temper-ature (celsius)	salinity (psu)	density (sigma t)	chloro- phyll raw (ug/l)	raw	correct-ed	light trans-mission (%)	pH
0.5	8.14	29.13	22.64		8.2		75.6
1.0	8.14	29.13	22.64		8.2		75.6
1.5	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
2.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.4
2.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
3.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.3
3.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
4.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.4
4.5	8.14	29.14	22.65		8.2		75.4
5.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.3
5.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.3
6.0	8.14	29.16	22.67		8.1		75.3
6.5	8.14	29.15	22.67		8.2		75.5
7.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.5
7.5	8.15	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
8.0	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
8.5	8.15	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
9.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.4
9.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.3
10.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
10.5	8.15	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
11.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
11.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.4
12.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.5
12.5	8.14	29.14	22.65		8.2		75.5
13.0	8.14	29.12	22.64		8.2		75.6
13.5	8.14	29.12	22.64		8.2		75.7
14.0	8.15	29.11	22.63		8.2		75.7
14.5	8.15	29.12	22.64		8.2		75.6
15.0	8.15	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
15.5	8.14	29.16	22.67		8.2		75.3
16.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.3
16.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.2
17.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.1
17.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.2
18.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.2
18.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.1
19.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.1
19.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.1
20.0	8.14	29.18	22.69		8.2		75.0
20.5	8.14	29.18	22.69		8.2		75.0
21.0	8.14	29.18	22.68		8.2		75.0
21.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.0
22.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.1
22.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.1
23.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.0
23.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.0
24.0	8.13	29.17	22.68		8.1		74.9
24.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		75.0
25.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.1		74.9
25.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.0
26.0	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		74.9
26.5	8.14	29.17	22.68		8.2		75.0
27.0	8.14	29.16	22.67		8.2		75.1
27.5	8.14	29.15	22.67		8.2		75.1
28.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.1
28.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.2
29.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.1
29.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.1
30.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.2		75.2
30.5	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.3
31.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.2
31.5	8.14	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
32.0	8.15	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
32.5	8.15	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
33.0	8.14	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
33.5	8.15	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.3
34.0	8.15	29.15	22.66		8.1		75.4
34.5	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.1		75.3
35.0	8.14	29.15	22.66		8.1		75.4
35.5	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.2		75.4
36.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.4
36.5	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.4
37.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.4
37.5	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.5
38.0	8.14	29.14	22.65		8.1		75.5
38.5	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.5
39.0	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
39.5	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.5
40.0	8.14	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.5
40.5	8.14	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.5
41.0	8.13	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.5
41.5	8.13	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.5
42.0	8.13	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.4
42.5	8.13	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.5
43.0	8.12	29.12	22.65		8.1		75.4
43.5	8.12	29.11	22.64		8.2		75.4
44.0	8.12	29.12	22.64		8.1		75.4
44.5	8.12	29.12	22.64		8.2		75.5
45.0	8.13	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.5
45.5	8.12	29.13	22.65		8.2		75.3
46.0	8.11	29.13	22.65		8.1		75.4
46.5	8.11	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.3
47.0	8.12	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
47.5	8.12	29.17	22.69		8.1		75.0
48.0	8.12	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.4
48.5	8.12	29.14	22.66		8.1		75.5
49.0	8.12	29.15	22.67		8.1		75.2
49.5	8.11	29.22	22.72		8.1		74.7
50.0	8.11	29.22	22.73		8.1		74.9
50.5	8.11	29.21	22.72		8.1		74.9
51.0	8.12	29.21	22.71		8.1		74.9
51.5	8.12	29.20	22.71		8.1		74.8
52.0	8.11	29.21	22.71		8.1		74.7
52.5	8.10	29.23	22.73		8.1		74.5
53.0	8.11	29.22	22.72		8.1		74.6
53.5	8.11	29.20	22.71		8.1		74.5
54.0	8.11	29.18	22.69		8.1		74.7
54.5	8.12	29.18	22.69		8.1		74.5
55.0	8.12	29.17	22.69		8.1		74.0

*External detail maps made possible by TopoZone.com®

Data availability and qualifiers

detailed-profile data

1990 - present
0.5 meter depth intervals
7 possible parameters parameters

discrete sample data

1973 - present
0, 10, and 30 meter depths (mostly)
31 possible parameters

pre-1990 data

Data quality and measurement procedures varied significantly. Data available upon request.

form to request off-line data
(or to request other information)

data qualifier (qc) codes

code/description
1	State of art method, adequate QC
2	Less precise method or QC
3	Known or suspected data problem
4	Unknown method or QC
C	calculated value

Note: Methods indicated for data from 1990 onwards in parameters table. Quality codes 1 and 2 displayed on this site.

reference tables

parameters and unitscast count by station/yearcast count by parameter/year