LTER Georgia Coastal Ecosystems - December 2002 bin-averaged CTD profiles for the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Intracoastal Waterway transect

Three hydrographic surveys were performed from December 10 to December 11, 2002, along the Intracoastal Waterway between the Altamaha River south of Wolf Isand and Sapelo Sound (Intracoastal Waterway Transect, GCE-IC). Vertical CTD profiles were collected at various intervals from -15km to 29km along the transect during various tidal regimes. Conductivity, temperature, pressure and optical backscatter were measured, and depth, salinity and sigma-t were calculated for each profile. Data values collected on the upcast were deleted, and the remaining data were averaged within 0.5m depth bins and interpolated to produce a smooth profile for contouring. This data set was collected as part of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER quarterly hydrographic monitoring program. Overall bounding box describing the geographic region within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER study domain represented in data set PHY-GCEM-0304b1