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Water Quality Data, Carrie Bow Cay, Marine GEO, Smithsonian Carrie Bow Cay Field Station

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posted on 2025-03-20, 14:11 authored by Valerie Paul, Roy RichRoy Rich, Michael LonnemanMichael Lonneman, Elizabeth WestbrookElizabeth Westbrook, Selina ChengSelina Cheng, Allegra TashjianAllegra Tashjian, Zachary Foltz, Gary Peresta

Water quality data collected on a YSI EXO2 multiparameter sonde at the MarineGEO Carrie Bow Cay observatory (Smithsonian Carrie Bow Cay Field Station, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize). The sonde is located on an offshore platform alongside meteorological and water level instrumentation.

The local time at this site is Central Standard Time (UTC-6). Note that timestamps in this dataset are reported as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

The figshare resource also contains quality control metadata to assist with interpretation and analysis. Review the "readme.txt" file for more information.

The dataset should be cited as follows:

Paul, Valarie; Rich, Roy; Lonneman, Michael; Westbrook, Elizabeth; Cheng, Selina; Tashjian, Allegra; Foltz, Zachary; Peresta, Gary (2025). Water Quality Data, Carrie Bow Cay, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Carrie Bow Cay Field Station. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25573/serc.28616378.

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