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Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.16.3 Cataloging System:VCR.
Comment Data set title: A study of water quality conditions in the tidal creeks of Northampton County, Vs.
Comment  Data set creator:  Luis Lagera -  
Comment  Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project 
Comment  Contact: Dr Luis Lagera -    - 
Comment  Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu
        
        
Title ' A study of water quality conditions in the tidal creeks of Northampton County, Vs' . 

Comment You should replace 'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE'  (below) with the appropriate path.   
Comment    to your data file (e.g., c:\mydata\datafile.txt).                 
GET DATA  /TYPE=TXT/
               / FILE="PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE" 
                        /ARRANGEMENT=Fixed 
                    /VARIABLES= 
                    DATE 4-11 A  TIME 13-17 A  SITEID 19-21 A  SCTT 24-27 F  SCTSL 30-33 F  SCTCO 38-42 F  MERCT 47-48 F  RSAL 53-54 F  DOT 57-60 F  DO 63-66 F  SCDEP 70-73 F  WDEP 76-79 F  WSPD 86-87 F  WDIR 89-91 A  AIRT 97-98 F  CLCOV 101-103 A  pH 107-110 F  .
execute.                
                

                
MISSING VALUES  SCTT('99').
MISSING VALUES  SCTSL('99').
MISSING VALUES  SCTCO('99999').
MISSING VALUES  MERCT('99').
MISSING VALUES  RSAL('99').
MISSING VALUES  DOT('99').
MISSING VALUES  DO('99').
MISSING VALUES  SCDEP('999').
MISSING VALUES  WSPD('99').
MISSING VALUES  AIRT('99').
MISSING VALUES  pH('99').
VAR LABELS   DATE 'date when meaurements were taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   TIME 'time when measurements were taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   SITEID 'site/station when measurements where taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   SCTT 'water temperature- deg C' .
VAR LABELS   SCTSL 'salinity (temperature compensated)- per 1000' .
VAR LABELS   SCTCO 'conductivity of water sample- umhos/cm' .
VAR LABELS   MERCT 'water temperature- deg C' .
VAR LABELS   RSAL 'salinity- per 1000' .
VAR LABELS   DOT 'water temperature- deg C' .
VAR LABELS   DO 'dissolved oxygen- mg/l' .
VAR LABELS   SCDEP 'Secchi disk depth- cm' .
VAR LABELS   WDEP 'WDEP- none' .
VAR LABELS   WSPD 'estimated wind speed- knots' .
VAR LABELS   WDIR 'estimated wind direction- ' .
VAR LABELS   AIRT 'air temperature- deg C' .
VAR LABELS   CLCOV 'cloud cover- ' .
VAR LABELS   pH 'pH of water sample- pH units' .
                
                
comment The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables. After testing, they should be replaced.                 
        
                 
Frequencies   variables=DATE /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=TIME /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=SITEID /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=WDIR /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=CLCOV /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=SCTT .  
Descriptives   variables=SCTSL .  
Descriptives   variables=SCTCO .  
Descriptives   variables=MERCT .  
Descriptives   variables=RSAL .  
Descriptives   variables=DOT .  
Descriptives   variables=DO .  
Descriptives   variables=SCDEP .  
Descriptives   variables=WDEP .  
Descriptives   variables=WSPD .  
Descriptives   variables=AIRT .  
Descriptives   variables=pH . 
Execute. 
                
                  
COMMENT List cases where data is out of range.  
COMMENT Note: if no out of range cases are detected, the variable names will be listed, but no actual cases.  
TEMPORARY .               
STRING BADVARS (A255).
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTT)) AND (SCTT LT -5)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTT","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTT)) AND (SCTT GT 45)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTT","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTSL)) AND (SCTSL LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTSL","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTSL)) AND (SCTSL GT 40)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTSL","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTCO)) AND (SCTCO LT 00)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTCO","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCTCO)) AND (SCTCO GT 51000)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCTCO","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MERCT)) AND (MERCT LT -5)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MERCT","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MERCT)) AND (MERCT GT 45)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MERCT","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(RSAL)) AND (RSAL LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "RSAL","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(RSAL)) AND (RSAL GT 45)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "RSAL","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DO)) AND (DO LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DO","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DO)) AND (DO GT 20)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DO","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCDEP)) AND (SCDEP LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCDEP","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(SCDEP)) AND (SCDEP GT 300)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "SCDEP","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(WDEP)) AND (WDEP LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "WDEP","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(WDEP)) AND (WDEP GT 10)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "WDEP","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(WSPD)) AND (WSPD LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "WSPD","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(WSPD)) AND (WSPD GT 40)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "WSPD","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AIRT)) AND (AIRT LT -5)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AIRT","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AIRT)) AND (AIRT GT 37)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AIRT","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(pH)) AND (pH LT 1)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "pH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(pH)) AND (pH GT 14)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "pH","-max").
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.