USCG Report Data:
Chesapeake Light Ship 36 58.07' N 75 42.2' W, 65.ft.,
Jan 1958 - Dec 1962, 0, 30, 50, 65 ft. Temp, Sal
Chesapeake Light Ship 36 58.07' N 75 42.2' W, 20 m.,
Jan 1963 - Sep 1965, 0, 9, 15, 20 m. Temp, Sal
Chesapeake Light Station 36 54.3' N, 75 42.8' W, 12 m. water,
Nov 1965 - Dec 1971, 0, 9, 12 m. Temp, Sal
Note: On September 25, 1965 Chesapeake Lightship was replaced
by Chesapeake Light Station at 36 54.3' N, 75 42.8' W. water depth 12 meters.
chesapeake.sub -
Records of daily water temperatures and salinity observations for the period
Jan. 1958 - Dec. 1971. MBT (mechanical bathythermograph) slides
read at 15 meter intervals by group at Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. This
file is data digitized from U.S.C.G. Oceanographic Reports by the Orkand
company at
NCDC in fall of 1998. Information regarding keying format can be found
here. See list of
U.S.C.G. Report Data above for actual depth of measurements and changes
in locality and water depth of the Lightship and look here
for more background information.
chesapeake_sub.kle - Data from portland.sub, tab-delimited with fields labelled by K. Elder.
chesapea.ls - Subsurface mbt (mechanical bathythermograph)
data for the period June 1965 - Jan. 1973 at 5 m
intervals given to K. Elder by George Hiemerdinger who read it from an
NCDC CDROM. Information regarding
formatting of data available here.
Note: Apparently there were
two groups reading the mbt slides, one at Woods Hole whose work was published
in the Coast Guard Reports, and the other at NCDC. The NCDC group read
the slide at 5 meter intervals whereas the WH group read them at 15 meter
intervals.
chesapea.txt - Data from chesapea.ls file - most field names added, tab-delimited and sorted by K. Elder.