CATALOG DOCUMENTATION

NATIONAL COASTAL ASSESSMENT DATABASE
2 0 03 NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY HARBOR SYSTEM
WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENT DATA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.	DATA SET IDENTIFICATION

2.	INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION

3.	DATA SET ABSTRACT

4.	OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION

5.	DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING METHODS

6.	DATA MANIPULATIONS

7.	DATA DESCRIPTION

8.	GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION

9.	QUALITY CONTROL/QUALITY ASSURANCE

10.	DATA ACCESS

11.	REFERENCES

12.	TABLE OF ACRONYMS

13.	PERSONNEL INFORMATION

1. DATA SET IDENTIFICATION

1.1	Title of Catalog document
National Coastal Assessment Database
2003 New York/New Jersey Harbor System
Water Quality Measurement Data

1.2	Author of the Catalog entry
Melissa Hughes, Raytheon

1.3	Catalog revision date
June 22, 2012

1.4	Data set name

Water Quality Measurement Data

1.5	Task Group

Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program

1.6	Data set identification code
NA

1.7	Version
NA

1.8	Requested Acknowledgment

If you plan to publish these data in any way, EPA requires a standard
statement for work it has supported: "Although the data described in
this article have been funded wholly or in part by the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency through its EMAP-Estuaries Program, it
has not been subjected to Agency review, and therefore does not
necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official
endorsement should be inferred."


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2.	INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION
2.1 Principal Investigator

Ms. Darvene A. Adams

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region II

2.2. Investigation Participant
Ms. Sandi Robinson

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - ORD/NHEERL/AED

3.	DATA SET ABSTRACT

3.1	Abstract of the Data Set

The Water Quality Measurement data set provides summary
data from a vertical profile taken at a site. Surface
and bottom data for temperature, salinity and dissolved
oxygen were reported, as well as secchi depth.

3.2	Keywords for the Data Set

temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, surface data,
bottom data, secchi depth

4.	OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION

4.1	Program Objective

The project was designed to support resource management decisions
related to pollution control and remediation throughout the New
York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) Harbor and to assist the New York-New Jersey
Harbor Estuary Program (HEP) in developing a contaminant monitoring
strategy to be included in the Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan (CCMP) for the NY/NJ Harbor system.

4.2	Data Set Objective

To provide accurate physical data for the surface and bottom
waters in the NY/NJ harbor region.

4.3	Data Set Background Discussion

The New York/New Jersey Harbor System Sediment Assessment was based on
methods used in the EMAP-Estuaries program. Measurements of physical
characteristics provide basic information about the environmental
setting of a sample site. Knowledge of the physical context in which
biological and chemical data are collected is important for
interpreting results accurately because physical characteristics of the
environment determine the distribution and species composition of
estuarine communities, particularly assemblages of benthic
macroinvertebrates.

4.4	Summary of Data Set Parameters

Surface, bottom and ambient values were recorded at the time
of the visit.

5.	DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING METHODS
5.1 Data Acquisition

5.1.1	Sampling Objective

To collect high-quality vertical water column profiles to characterize
the physical conditions at a sampling site.

5.1.2	Sample Collection Methods Summary

A SeaBird SBE "Sealogger" CTD unit was used to obtain a vertical
profile of depth, dissolved oxygen, temperature and salinity at each


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station. Measurements were made from within a meter of the water
surface to approximately one meter above the sediment/water interface.
A secchi disc was used to measure transparency.

5.1.3	Sampling Start Date
July 1, 2003

5.1.4	Sampling End Date
September 25, 2003

5.1.5	Platform

Sampling was conducted from the U.S.EPA research vessel, the R/V CLEAN
WATERS.

5.1.6	Sampling Gear

SeaBird model SBE 25 "Sealogger" CTD
NBS thermometer
Refractometer

5.1.7	Manufacturer of Sampling Equipment
Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.

5.1.8	Key Variables

This data set contains surface and bottom values
measured at the time of sampling.

5.1.9	Collection Method Calibration
NA

5.1.10	Sample Collection Quality Control

Dissolved oxygen, temperature and salinity at the surface were measured
using a Winkler titration, NBS thermometer and a refractometer,
respectively and compared with the CTD results.

5.1.11	Sample Collection Method Reference

Reifsteck, D.M., C.J. Strobel and D.J. Keith. 1993. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program - Near Coastal Component: 1993
Virginian Province Field Operations and Safety Manual. U.S.
EPA NHEERL-AED. Narragansett, RI.

5.2 Data Preparation and Sample Processing
Not applicable

6. DATA MANIPULATIONS
NA

6.1	Name of new or modified values
NA

6.2	Data Manipulation Description
NA

6.3	Data Manipulation Examples
NA


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7. DATA DESCRIPTION

7.1 Description of Parameters
Attribute Name	Format

Description

Data Group
Sampling Year
Station Name

Sampling Collection Date
Latitude Decimal Degrees
Longitude Decimal Degrees
Water Column Sampled
Water Measurement Name
Water Measurement Value
Measurement Units
Collection Depth
Depth Units
Collection Property
Method Used

VARCHAR2(4)
NUMBER(4.0)
VARCHAR2(20)
DATE

NUMBER(9.3)
NUMBER(9.3)
VARCHAR2(8)
VARCHAR2(40)
NUMBER(13.6)
VARCHAR2(15)
NUMBER(5.1)
VARCHAR2(15)
VARCHAR2(40)
VARCHAR2(40)

Data group conducting sampling
Data collection year
The station identifier
Date of sample collection
Decimal degrees of latitude
Decimal degrees (-) of longitude
Location of collection
Name of measurement
Measurement or concentration
Units of measure
Measurement depth
Units for depth
Vertical profile or ambient
Analysis or collection method

7.1.6 Precision to which values are reported

The precision is indicated by the attribute format reported under 7.1

7.1.7 Minimum value in data set

Water Measurement Value

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface salinity

2.3

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface temperature

20.2

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface dissolved oxygen

2.3

Water

Measurement

Name

- Secchi depth

0.5

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom dissolved oxygen

0.4

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom salinity

3 . 0

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom temperature

16 .5

I-1
CO

Maximum value in

Data Set









Water Measurement

Value

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface salinity

31

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface temperature

29

Water

Measurement

Name

- Surface dissolved oxygen

13 .5

Water

Measurement

Name

- Secchi depth

3 .5

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom dissolved oxygen

9.6

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom salinity

32 . 0

Water

Measurement

Name

- Bottom temperature

28 . 0

7.2 Data Record Example

7.2.1 Column Names for Example Records

Data Group,Sampling Year,Station Name,Sampling Collection Date,
Latitude Decimal Degrees,Longitude Decimal Degrees,

Water Column Sampled,Water Measurement Name,Value,Units,
Collection Depth,Depth Units,Collection Property,Method Used

7.2.2 Example Data Records

R-EMAP Region 2,2003,JB301,7/31/2003,40.629,-73.759,Bottom,

Dissolved oxygen,6.8,mg/L,8.5,m,Vertical profile,CTD

R-EMAP Region 2,2003,JB301,7/31/2003,40.629,-73.759,Bottom,Salinity,
31,ppt,8.5,m,Vertical profile,CTD

R-EMAP Region 2,2003,JB301,7/31/2003,40.629,-73.759,Bottom,Temperature,
21,deg C,8.5,m,Vertical profile,CTD


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8.	GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION

8.1	Minimum Longitude

-74 Degrees 17.4 Minutes 48.00 Decimal Seconds

8.2	Maximum Longitude

-73 Degrees 45 Minutes 0.54 Decimal Seconds

8.3	Minimum Latitude

40 Degrees 25.2 Minutes 36.00 Decimal Seconds

8.4	Maximum Latitude

40 Degrees 51.6 Minutes 42.00 Decimal Seconds

8.5	Name of area or region

New York/New Jersey Harbor System:

Four sub-basins were sampled in the New York/New Jersey Harbor,
including: Upper Harbor, Newark Bay, Lower Harbor (includes Raritan
Sandy Hook Bays) and Jamaica Bay. For purposes of this study, the
region includes the lower portions of the Hudson, Passaic, Harlem,
Hackensack and Raritan Rivers, upstream to a near-bottom salinity of
15 ppt, the East River to Long Island Sound and Lower Harbor to the
Atlantic Ocean.

9.	QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

9.1	Data Quality Objectives
NA

9.2	Data Quality Assurance Procedures
NA

10.	DATA ACCESS

10.1	Data Access Procedures

Data can be downloaded from the WWW server.

10.2	Data Access Restrictions

Data can only be accessed from the WWW server.

10.3	Data Access Contact Persons
Ms. Darvene A. Adams

U.S. EPA Region II

10.4	Data Set Format
Tab-delimited

10.5	Information Concerning Anonymous FTP
Data cannot be accessed via ftp.

10.6	Information Concerning WWW

Data can be downloaded from the WWW servers.

10.7	EMAP CD-ROM Containing the Data Set
Data are not available on CD-ROM

11.	REFERENCES

Adams, D. 1998. Quality Assurance Project Plan for Environmental
Monitoring,"A 5-year Revisit of Sediment Quality in the NY/NJ Harbor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, Edison, NJ.


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Adams, Darvene and Sandra Benyi. 2003. Final Report: Sediment Quality
of the NY/NJ Harbor System - A 5-Year Revisit. EPA/902-R-03 - 002.
USEPA-Region 2, Division of Science and Assessment. Edison, NJ.
December, 2003.

Overton, W.S., D.L. Stevens and D. White. 1990. Design Report
for EMAP: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program.
EPA/600/3-91/053. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD,
Washington, DC.

Reifsteck, D.M., C.J. Strobel and D.J. Keith. 1993. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program - Near Coastal Component: 1993
Virginian Province Field Operations and Safety Manual. U.S.
EPA NHEERL-AED. Narragansett, RI.

USEPA, 1989. Draft EPA Locational Data Policy. US EPA, Washington, DC

12. TABLE OF ACRONYMS

13 . PERSONNEL INFORMATION

Principal Investigator

Ms. Darvene A. Adams

Monitoring and Assessment Branch

Division of Environmental Science and Assessment

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region II

28 90 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08837

(732) 321-6700

adams.darvene@epa.gov

Data Librarian, EMAP-IM
Melissa M. Hughes
Raytheon

27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197
(401) 782-3184 (Tel.)

(401) 782-3030 (FAX)
hughes.melissa@epa.gov


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