MCRLdata Sensor Details

This page provides detailed information about the deployed sensors, including a timeline of data availability. Most of this information is embedded in metadata fields on the standardized NetCDF files provided with longer dataset requests. The following chart shows timelines for deployments with gaps when data collection was interrupted more than two weeks:

Water Dynamics

Tide Gauge - Nile YSI Micropilot FMR51

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Water Surface Level (m, NAVD88); Accuracy = ±2 mm; QC Valid Range = -2 to 5 m
• Sapling Rate: 5-minute average every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 4 March 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: P9000615134, Calibrated: 4 March 2021

ADCP - Nortek 400kHz 2D Horizontal Profiler

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Pile, pointed across channel, 98 m range (1.47m above the seafloor)
• Parameters:
• Water Velocity (m/s) at 1-8m bin size; Accuracy = ±1% of measured value ±0.5 cm/s; QC Valid Range = -5 to 5 m/s
• Additional parameters: internal pressure, internal temperature, depth, pitch, roll, heading, amplitude
• Sapling Rate: 5-minute average every 15 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 8 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: 7496, Calibrated:
• Serial Number: 8445, Calibrated:

Hydrophone - Ocean Sonics icListen RB9-ETH

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Pile (1.2m above the seafloor)
• Parameters:
• Frequency spectra (dB) (Range: 10 Hz- 200 kHz); Resolution = -178 dB re 1 V/µPa; QC Valid Range = 50 to 150 dB re 1µPa
• Additional parameters: internal humidity, internal temperature
• Sapling Rate: 5-minute average every 15 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 8 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: 6660, Calibrated:
• Serial Number: 6661, Calibrated:
• Past Sensor: Ocean Sonics icListen SC2-ETH-X2 (SN: 1856)

Water Quality

CTD - Seabird SBE 37-SMP-ODO MicroCAT

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Floating Dock Cage (~41" below surface)
• Parameters:
• Conductivity (mS/cm) -> Salinity (ppt); Accuracy = ±0.0003 mS/cm (0.0003 mS/cm monthly drift); Resolution = 0.0001 mS/cm; QC Valid Range = 25 to 35 ppt
• Temperature (°C); Accuracy = ±0.002°C (0.0002°C monthly drift); Resolution = 0.0001°C; QC Valid Range = 0 to 25°C
• Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L); Accuracy = ±0.1 mg/L (0.07 mg/L drift per 100,000 samples); Resolution = 0.007 mg/L; QC Valid Range = 0 to 20 mg/L
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 5 August 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: 13897, Calibrated: 8 Febraury 2023 and 2 July 2019
• Serial Number: xxxx, Calibrated:

Fluorometer - Seabird ECO Triplet

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Floating Dock Cage (~36" below surface)
• Parameters:
• Colored Dissolved Organic Matter - CDOM (ppb); Sensitivity = 0.184 ppb; QC Valid Range = 0 to 150 ppb
• Chlorophyll (µg/L); Sensitivity = 0.015 µg/L; QC Valid Range = 0 to 100 µg/L
• Phycoerythrin (ppb); Sensitivity = 0.086 ppb; QC Valid Range = 0 to 100 ppb
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 5 August 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: FL3WB-5194, Calibrated: 19 September 2018
• Serial Number: xxxx, Calibrated:

pH - iSAMI-pH

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Floating Dock Cage (~30" below surface)
• Parameters:
• pH; Sensitivity = 0.184 ppb; QC Valid Range = 0 to 14
• Temperature (°C); Accuracy = 0.1°C; Resolution = ±0.01°C; QC Valid Range = 0 to 30°C
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 15 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 21 September 2023
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: xxxx, Calibrated:
• Serial Number: xxxx, Calibrated:

pCO2 - Battelle Seaology/PMEL MAPCO2 pCO2 Monitor

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Floating Dock
• Parameters:
• Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide in water (ppm); Sensitivity = ~1 ppm; QC Valid Range = 0 to 10,000 ppm
• Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide in air (ppm); Sensitivity = ~2 ppm; QC Valid Range = 0 to 10,000 ppm
• Oxygen in water (%); Sensitivity = xxx; QC Valid Range = 0 to 100%
• Oxygen in air (%); Sensitivity = xxx; QC Valid Range = 0 to 100%
• Additional parameters: air pressure, relative humidity, temperature
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 3 hours
• Start of Dataset: 15 August 2023
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: 0205, Calibrated:

Underwater Photosythetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Li-COR LI-193 Spherical Underwater Quantum

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Pile, two sensors (1.75m and 2.75m above the seafloor)
• Parameters:
• Average PAR Flux Density (µmol of photons m-2 s-1); Sensitivity = ~ 7 µA per 10000 µmol s-1 m-2; QC Valid Range = 0 to 500 µmol s-1 m-2
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 15 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 7 April 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: SPQA6520, Manufactured: 28 February 2023, Calibrated: 1 March 2023
• Serial Number: SPQA6521, Manufactured: 28 February 2023, Calibrated: 1 March 2023
• Serial Number: SPQA6113, Manufactured: 13 January 2021, Calibrated: 14 January 2021
• Serial Number: SPQA1442, Manufactured: 9 February 1993, Calibrated: 4 February 2021

Meteorology - Weather Station

Anemometer - 05108-5A R.M. Young Wind Monitor

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Average Wind Speed (m/s); Accuracy = ±0.3 m/s or 1% of reading; QC Valid Range = 0 to 20 m/s
• Wind Gust (m/s); Accuracy = ±0.3 m/s or 1% of reading; QC Valid Range = 0 to 30 m/s
• Wind Direction (°); Accuracy = ±3°; QC Valid Range = 0 to 360°
• Sapling Rate: Average over 5 minutes of continuous sampling
• Start of Dataset: 15 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: WM185170, Calibrated: 22 June 2021

Barometer - Campbell Scientific BaroVue 10

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Barometric Pressure (hPa); Accuracy = ±0.5 hPa (±0.1 hPa annual drift); Resolution = 0.1 hPa; QC Valid Range = 800 to 1100 hPa
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 15 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: 1090, Calibrated: 20 July 2021

Temperature & Humidity Sensor - Campbell Scientific HygroVue 10

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Air Temperature (°C); Accuracy = ±0.1°C (±0.03°C annual drift); Resolution = 0.001°C; QC Valid Range = -20 to 40°C
• Relative Humidity (%); Accuracy = ±1.5% (±0.5% annual drift); Resolution = 0.001%; QC Valid Range = 0 to 100%
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 15 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: E2708, Calibrated: 26 July 2021

Photosythetically Active Radiation (PAR) - Li-COR LI-190R

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Average PAR Flux Density (µmol of photons m-2 s-1); Sensitivity = 5 µA to 10 µA per 1,000 µmol s-1 m-2; QC Valid Range = 0 to 3000 µmol m-2 s-1
• PAR total flux (µmol of photons m-2); Sensitivity = 5 µA to 10 µA per 1,000 µmol s-1 m-2; QC Valid Range = 0 to 1500 µmol m-2
• Sapling Rate: Average over 5 minutes of continuous sampling
• Start of Dataset: 15 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: Q114244, Calibrated: 19 March 2021

Rain Gauge - Campbell Scientific Tipping Bucket TE525

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Rainfall (in); Accuracy = ±1%; Resolution = 0.01 in/tip; QC Valid Range = 0 to 10 in
• Sapling Rate: Average over 5 minutes of continuous sampling
• Start of Dataset: 15 September 2021
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: xxxx, Calibrated: 3 May 2023

Atmospheric CO2 - Li-COR LI-850

• Location: PNNL-Sequim Pier Railing
• Parameters:
• Atmospheric CO2 (ppm); Accuracy = ±1.5%; QC Valid Range = 1.5 to 20,000 ppm
• Atmospheric H20 (mmol mol-1); Accuracy = ±1.5%; QC Valid Range = 0.015 to 60 mmol mol-1
• Barometric Pressure (kPa); QC Valid Range = 50 to 110 kPa
• Air Temperature (°C); QC Valid Range = -20 to 60 °C
• Sapling Rate: One sample every 5 minutes
• Start of Dataset: 5 April 2024
• Sensors:
• Serial Number: HGA-06886, Calibrated: 2 February 2023