Velocity Files

Quality-checked and edited velocity data are available as comma-separated values in ASCII text files (.adv) for each deployment. The following parameters are included in each file:

Station Description

• Station name
• Easting, in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), Zone 17, meters (m)
• Northing, in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), Zone 17, meters (m)
• Sample volume height above the top of the plant-litter layer, in centimeters (cm)

Data

• Burst #, year, month, day, hour, minute
• Velocity for each component (east, north, and up), in centimeters per second (cm/s)
• Correlation for each component (east, north, and up), in percent (%)
• Amplitude for each component (east, north, and up), in counts
• Signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio for each velocity component (east, north, and up), in dB units
• Horizontal flow speed, in centimeters per second (cm/s)
• Horizontal flow direction, in degrees clockwise from magnetic north (° CW from MN)
• Number of samples passing the automated filter

Note: Files from the 1999-2000 wet season include additional parameters of standard deviations for the east and north velocity components, as indicated in the column headings.

Conductivity and Temperature Files

Quality-checked and edited conductivity and temperature data are available as comma-separated values in ASCII text files (.ctd) for each deployment. The following parameters are included in each file:

Station Description

• Station name
• Easting, in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), Zone 17, meters (m)
• Northing, in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), Zone 17, meters (m)
• Sample volume height above the top of the plant-litter layer, in centimeters (cm)

Data

• Burst #, year, month, day, hour, minute
• Temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C)
• Conductivity, in Siemens per meter (S/m)
• Salinity, in parts per thousand (ppt)
• Specific conductance, in microSiemens per centimeter (µS/cm at 25 °C)

Note: Measured conductance was converted to salinity by methods documented in Sea-Bird Electronics Inc. (1999).

Temperature-Profile Files

Quality-checked and edited temperature-profile data and additional site-specific information are available in Microsoft® Excel (.xls) spreadsheet format for each station.

The following worksheets are included in each temperature-profile data file:

• Station Description - station name, easting and northing in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, North American Datum 1983 (NAD 83), Zone 17, meters (m), instrumentation, and vegetation type
• Measurement Notes - parameter units, instrument specifications, and equation used to convert measured resistance to temperature
• Deployment Settings - list of deployment dates, recording intervals, and measurement locations
• Water Depths - dates, times, and depths at the site
• Data Files - temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C) at 11 locations in the water column, air, and (or) on the water surface (Data are compiled in separate spreadsheets by wet season and changes in set-up parameters)

Water-Depth Files

Approximate water depths at the flow-monitoring stations are available in Microsoft® Excel (.xls) spreadsheet format. Each file contains the following parameters:

• Date and time
• Water depth at the ADV meter or thermistor string