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  1. Monitoring and Modeling Data

Baywide Fluorescence Database

Data Type:
Fluorescence, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, vertical and horizontal profiles
Geographic Extent:
Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries
Date Range:
1984-present
Contact:
Mike Mallonee

Data is currently being collected under the following grants: CB98361804, CB98385303, CB98382503

Download Dataset‍

Documentation:

  • Maryland Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation [PDF, 54.3 KB]
  • Virgina Fluorescence Monitoring Project Data Documentation [PDF, 162.1 KB]
  • Quality Assurance Plan for Potomac River In-Vivo Fluorescence [PDF, 7.2 MB]
  • Quality Assurance Plan for Maryland Phytoplankton and Picoplankton Monitoring [PDF, 189.1 KB]
  • Quality Assurance Plan for Virginia In-Vivo Fluorometry [PDF, 47.4 KB]
  • Map of a typical horizontal fluorescence transect pattern for a single monitoring cruise [PDF, 279.5 KB]
  • Fluorescence Monitoring Database Design and Data Dictionary [PDF, 242.7 KB]
  • The 2012 User's Guide to CBP Biological Monitoring Data [PDF, 1.3 MB]

Metadata:

  • FGDC Compliant metadata for Maryland In-Vivo Fluorometry from Morgan State University [PDF, 104.5 KB]
  • FGDC Compliant metadata for Virginia In-Vivo Fluorometry from Virginia Institute of Marine Science [PDF, 91.6 KB]
  • FGDC Compliant metadata for Virginia In-Vivo Fluorometry from Old Dominion University [PDF, 96.8 KB]

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