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Research» Real-Time, Near Real-Time and Archived Data Real-Time Data Near Real-Time and Archived Data Monthly Hydrographic Surveys of Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay Monthly surveys are conducted to study the hydrography and water quality of both Biscayne Bay and Florida Bay. These surveys are conducted aboard the R/V Virginia K, and utilize an underway flow-through system equipped with a Seabird model 21 thermosalinograph, a Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer, a Seapoint ultraviolet fluorometer, and a Wetlabs transmissometer to collect data while the ship is underway. The underway measurements include temperature, salinity, percent light transmission at l=660nm, chlorophyll a fluorescence, and CDOM fluorescence. This data is collected at seven-second intervals and is stamped with the time and GPS position of the measurement. In addition to the underway measurements, there are 16 discrete sampling stations in Biscayne Bay and 40 discrete sampling stations in Florida Bay. These stations are used to calibrate the underway instrumentation, enabling the underway fluorometer recordings to be converted to chlorophyll a concentration values. The result is a quickly produced, high spatial resolution “snapshot” of the temperature, salinity, and water quality parameters for both Bays during each survey. High resolution survey of algal bloom located adjacent to
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