gov.noaa.nodc:0260455 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-01-23T16:30:52Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) RC4USCoast: A river chemistry dataset for regional ocean model application in the U.S. East, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coasts from 1950-01-01 to 2022-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0260455) 2022-09-29 publication 2023-04-05 revision 2022-09-28 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/9jfw-ph50 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0260455 NCEI Archive Management System 0260455 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Fabian A. Gomez Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) fabian.gomez@noaa.gov https://www.northerngulfinstitute.org/ HTTPS Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Fabian A. Gomez Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) fabian.gomez@noaa.gov https://www.northerngulfinstitute.org/ HTTPS Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Sang-Ki Lee NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Charles Stock NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Andrew C. Ross NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Laure Resplandy Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu HTTP Princeton University website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Samantha Siedlecki University of Connecticut (UConn) http://www.uconn.edu/index.php HTTP University of Connecticut (UConn) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Filippos Tagklis Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/ HTTPS Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Joseph Salisbury University of New Hampshire (UNH) Joe.Salisbury@unh.edu principalInvestigator Gomez, Fabian A. Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) https://www.northerngulfinstitute.org/ HTTPS Northern Gulf Institute (NGI) website Institution web page information author Lee, Sang-Ki NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information author Stock, Charles A. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) website Institution web page information author Ross, Andrew C. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) website Institution web page information author Resplandy, Laure Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu HTTP Princeton University website Institution web page information author Siedlecki, Samantha A. University of Connecticut (UConn) http://www.uconn.edu/index.php HTTP University of Connecticut (UConn) website Institution web page information author Tagklis, Filippos Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/ HTTPS Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) website Institution web page information author Salisbury, Joseph E. University of New Hampshire (UNH) author United States Geological Survey (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/ HTTPS United States Geological Survey (USGS) website Institution web page information contributor US Army/Corps of Engineers (USACE) contributor tableDigital This dataset, River Chemistry for the U.S. Coast (RC4USCoast), consists of historical records of river chemistry and discharge for 140 monitoring sites along the United States East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Coast from 1950 to 2022. RC4USCoast is mostly derived from the Water Quality Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), but also includes river discharge from the USGS’s Surface-Water Monthly Statistics for the Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. RC4USCoast provides monthly time series as well as long-term averaged monthly climatological patterns for twenty-one variables including alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon concentration. It is mainly intended as a data product for regional ocean biogeochemical models and carbon chemistry studies in the U.S. coastal regions. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding Information: NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (High-resolution ocean-biogeochemistry modeling for the east and gulf coast of the U.S. in support of the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA OA Program (Lee AOML), 20770) Funding Information: NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (High-resolution modeling of the ocean acidification in the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. in support of the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA OA Program) Funding Information: NOAA's Climate Program Office (Climate Competitive Research: Climate and Fisheries - Labs) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0260455 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Time series theme OCADS Study Type alk dic disc do doc don nh4 no3 nox orgNf orgNu phf phl po4 sio2 temp tnf tnu tpf tpu theme Provider Variable Abbreviations AUTOANALYZER > AUTOANALYZER CO2 ANALYZERS > CO2 ANALYZERS OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS SALINOMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Gulf of Mexico United States East Coast United States West Coast place Provider Geographic Names accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Gomez, Fabian A.; Lee, Sang-Ki; Stock, Charles A.; Ross, Andrew C.; Resplandy, Laure; Siedlecki, Samantha A.; Tagklis, Filippos; Salisbury, Joseph E. (2022). RC4USCoast: A river chemistry dataset for regional ocean model application in the U.S. East, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coasts from 1950-01-01 to 2022-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0260455). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/9jfw-ph50. Accessed [date]. 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All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2022-10-27T21:23:26Z NCEI Accession 0260455 v2.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0260455/2.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0260455 v2.2 published 2022-10-27T21:23:26Z download NCEI Accession 0260455 was revised and v3.3 was published. Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2023-04-05T20:04:34Z NCEI Accession 0260455 v3.3 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0260455/3.3 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0260455 v3.3 published 2023-04-05T20:04:34Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: river alkalinity concentration; Abbreviation: alk; Unit: milliequivalent/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Alkalinity was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameters 00410, 00419, 29801, 39036, 39086, 90410, 00440, 00453). Parameter or Variable: river dissolved inorganic carbon concentration; Abbreviation: dic; Unit: mmol C/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: dic was derived from alkalinity and temperature records from the USGS Water Quality Database using the CO2SYS program Parameter or Variable: river ph field; Abbreviation: phf; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: phf was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00400). Parameter or Variable: river ph laboratory; Abbreviation: phl; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: phl was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00403). Parameter or Variable: river dissolved organic carbon; Abbreviation: doc; Unit: mmolC/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: doc was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00681). Parameter or Variable: river nitrate concentration filtered; Abbreviation: no3; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: no3 was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameters 00618 and 71851). Parameter or Variable: river nitrate plus nitrite concentration filtered; Abbreviation: nox; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: nox was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00631). Parameter or Variable: river ammonium (NH4/NH3) filtered; Abbreviation: nh4; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: nh4 was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameters 71846 and 00608). Parameter or Variable: river organic nitrogen plus NH4 concentration unfiltered; Abbreviation: orgNu; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: orgNu was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00625). Parameter or Variable: river organic nitrogen plus NH4 concentration filtered; Abbreviation: orgNf; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: orgNf was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00623). Parameter or Variable: river dissolved organic nitrogen concentration; Abbreviation: don; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: don was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00607). Parameter or Variable: river total nitrogen concentration unfiltered; Abbreviation: tnu; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: tnu was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00600). Parameter or Variable: river total nitrogen concentration filtered; Abbreviation: tnf; Unit: mmol N/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: tnf was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00602). Parameter or Variable: river orthophosphate concentration filtered; Abbreviation: po4; Unit: mmol P/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: po4 was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameters 00660 and 00671). Parameter or Variable: river total phosphorous concentration unfiltered; Abbreviation: tpu; Unit: mmol P/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: tpu was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00665). Parameter or Variable: river total phosphorous concentration filtered; Abbreviation: tpf; Unit: mmol P/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: tpf was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00666). Parameter or Variable: river silica concentration; Abbreviation: sio2; Unit: mmol Si/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: sio2 was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00955). Parameter or Variable: river dissolved oxygen concentration; Abbreviation: do; Unit: mmol O2/m3; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: do was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00300). Parameter or Variable: river temperature; Abbreviation: temp; Unit: degC; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: temp was derived from USGS Water Quality Database (USGS parameter 00010). Parameter or Variable: river discharge; Abbreviation: disc; Unit: m3/s; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: River discharge was derived from the USGS (Surface-Water Monthly Statistics dataset and Water Quality Database; USGS parameters 00060 and 00061) for all rivers excepting the Mississippi-Atchafalaya rivers. Discharge for these two rivers was derived from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers records. asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer measures gaseous carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide gas analyzer has often been referred to as LI-COR, because a lot of researchers choose to use products manufactured by LI-COR incorporation for their carbon dioxide measurement. The main component of a carbon dioxide analyzer is a nondispersive infrared (NDIR) spectroscopic sensors to detect CO2 in a gaseous environment by its characteristic absorption. Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer works together with carbon dioxide (CO2) equilibrator (insttypes_id 184) to measure carbon dioxide in the water. To measure water carbon dioxide, water needs to be continuously supplied to a showerhead inside an equilibrator. As the water flows through the equilibrator chamber, dissolved carbon dioxide exchanges quickly with air in the headspace. This air is then sampled by the carbon dioxide analyzer to determine the mole fraction of CO2 in water. nutrient autoanalyzer nutrient autoanalyzer Laboratory Instrument Nutrient Autoanalyzer is a generic term describing an automated flow-thru system used to conduct analyses of several different nutrients (nitrate, ammonium, orthophosphate, and silicate) simultaneously from a seawater sample. For example: SEAL AutoAnalyzer 3 HR Continuous Segmented Flow Analyzer oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. VARIOUS CHARTERED VESSELS VARIOUS CHARTERED VESSELS