Water Quality Data Samples used in paper RS-WaterQuality Mapper: An Open-Source Water Quality Remote Sensing Toolbox in QGIS

Description

The dataset include three excel tables for water quality measurements (total suspended solids (TSS) , chlorophyll-a and fDOM) that are used in paper RS-WaterQuality Mapper: An Open-Source Water Quality Remote Sensing Toolbox in QGIS. It include 56 points for Hasha Lake in southwest Ohio, USA collected on October 7, 2016; 33 points for Lake Nakuru collected on June 10, 2023 and 57 points for Tombigbee River and Black Warrior River collected on May 2, 2019.

Steps to reproduce

During the field surveys, a YSI 6600 multiparameter sonde (Yellow Springs Instrument, Inc.) was used to collect 40–60 readings of water quality measurements at each sampling site, including Chl-a (μg/L), turbidity (NTU), fDOM (QSU), and other parameters. The 40–60 readings for each sampling site were used to derive one representative value for each water quality parameter in order to reduce random errors and achieve accurate measurements.

Institutions

• University of Alabama

  AL, Tuscaloosa

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Funders

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  District of Columbia, United States

  Grant ID: 80NSSC23K0173
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  District of Columbia, United States

  Grant ID: NA22NWS4320003

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