Continuous water quality sensor data from the main channel and a backwater of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018
Dates
Publication Date
2023-04-24
Start Date
2015-06-01
End Date
2018-10-12
Citation
Jankowski, K.J., Houser, J.N., and Waite, T., 2023, Continuous water quality sensor data from the main channel and a backwater of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FGYHVS.
Summary
This dataset includes high-frequency sensor data collected during four consecutive summers from buoys deployed at main channel and backwater sites in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018. It also includes the event-specific concentration-discharge metrics (hysteresis and slope) calculated by combining the water quality sensor data with discharge data from a nearby USGS gage in Winona, MN (05378500). High-frequency sensor data were collected using water quality buoys (PISCES monitoring platforms; EMM350 Water Monitoring Pontoon Platform | ysi.com | ysi.com; Yellow Springs, Ohio) set up with EXO2 Multiparameter Sondes (YSI, Inc, Yellow Springs, Ohio) to monitor hourly or bi-hourly concentrations of chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin [...]
Summary
This dataset includes high-frequency sensor data collected during four consecutive summers from buoys deployed at main channel and backwater sites in Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River from 2015-2018. It also includes the event-specific concentration-discharge metrics (hysteresis and slope) calculated by combining the water quality sensor data with discharge data from a nearby USGS gage in Winona, MN (05378500). High-frequency sensor data were collected using water quality buoys (PISCES monitoring platforms; EMM350 Water Monitoring Pontoon Platform | ysi.com | ysi.com; Yellow Springs, Ohio) set up with EXO2 Multiparameter Sondes (YSI, Inc, Yellow Springs, Ohio) to monitor hourly or bi-hourly concentrations of chlorophyll-a, phycocyanin (metric of cyanobacteria abundance), fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM; QSU), and turbidity (FNU), and water temperature (Celsius) as well as a SUNA v2 nitrate sensor (Sea-Bird Scientific, Bellevue, Washington) to monitor nitrate concentration.
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Waite, T., Jankowski, K. J., Bruesewitz, D. A., Van Appledorn, M., Johnston, M., Houser, J. N., et al. (2023). River geomorphology affects biogeochemical responses to hydrologic events in a large river ecosystem. Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR033662. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033662
These data were used to understand the response of water quality to high discharge events between channel and backwater areas in the Upper Mississippi River.
