HABSOS archival of 2019 Bonnet Carre Spillway/Lake 
Pontchartrain beach water quality monitoring data
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Glisch, Eric J CIV USARMY CEMVN (USA) 
<Eric.J.Glisch@usace.army.mil>	Fri, Feb 12, 2021 
at 4:52 PM
To: "Jonathan Jackson - NOAA Affiliate (jonathan.jackson@noaa.gov)" 
<jonathan.jackson@noaa.gov>
Dear Data Officer,


NCEI has my permission to archive the following files, 
2019 Bonnet Carre Water Quality Monitoring - Beach Monitoring Data.csv 
and 2019_data_dictionary.  Please use the included metadata.
Title:  Lake Pontchartrain Beach Algal Bloom Monitoring during 
September 2019
Dataset Description:  Water quality data was collected by the United 
States Army Corp of Engineers at numerous locations along the shore of 
Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana during the month of September 2019.  The 
samples were collected repeatedly at 8 locations around the lake.  The 
parameters collected include chlorophyll a (uncorrected), chlorophyll b, 
chlorophyll c1 + c2, phycocyanin, microcystin, water temperature, dissolved 
oxygen, dissolved oxygen percent saturation, depth, pH, salinity, and 
specific conductance.  These data were used to monitor the water quality 
of commonly used beaches and swimming areas.  These data are in spreadsheet 
format.

Temporal Extent:  2019-09-11 to 2019-09-25
Geographic Extent: -90.237650, -89.835875, 30.021481, 30.378528
Keywords
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Lake Pontchartrain, 
Tchefuncte River, Bayou Lacombe, North Atlantic Ocean
Theme:  Bonnet Carre’ Spillway, cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, HAB, 
harmful algae bloom
Instrument:  YSI
Funding Agency: United States Army Corp of Engineers

 

 

Eric Glisch

Environmental Engineer

Hydraulics and Hydrologic Branch

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans Distri