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Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.17.3 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 14-18 A  SITEID 20-22 A  REPC 27-28 F2.0 NH4 30-32 F  NO2 37-39 F  NOX 41-44 F  TIN 47-50 F  PO4 55-57 F  CHLA 60-63 F  PHAE 66-69 F  TSSW 71-74 F  TSSM 77-80 F  TSSO 83-85 F  TSSOPER 90-93 F  BOD5 95-98 F  .
execute.                
                

                
VAR LABELS   DATE 'date when measurements were taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   TIME 'time when measurements were taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   SITEID 'site/station when measurements where taken- ' .
VAR LABELS   REPC 'sample replicate number- ' .
VAR LABELS   NH4 'dissolved ammonium concentration- umoles/lit' .
VAR LABELS   NO2 'nitrite concentration- umoles/lit' .
VAR LABELS   NOX 'nitrite plus nitrate concentration- umoles/lit' .
VAR LABELS   TIN 'total inorganic nitrogen- umoles/lit' .
VAR LABELS   PO4 'dissolved phosphate concentration (orthophosphate)- umoles/lit' .
VAR LABELS   CHLA 'chllrophyll a concentration- ug/l' .
VAR LABELS   PHAE 'phaeophytin concentration- ug/l' .
VAR LABELS   TSSW 'total suspended solids (whole fractions)- mg/l' .
VAR LABELS   TSSM 'total suspended solids (mineral fraction)- mg/l' .
VAR LABELS   TSSO 'total suspended solids (organic fraction)- mg/l' .
VAR LABELS   TSSOPER 'total suspended solids (organic fraction as % of TSSW)- %' .
VAR LABELS   BOD5 'biochemical oxygen demand- mg/l' .
                
                
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=REPC /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=NH4 .  
Descriptives   variables=NO2 .  
Descriptives   variables=NOX .  
Descriptives   variables=TIN .  
Descriptives   variables=PO4 .  
Descriptives   variables=CHLA .  
Descriptives   variables=PHAE .  
Descriptives   variables=TSSW .  
Descriptives   variables=TSSM .  
Descriptives   variables=TSSO .  
Descriptives   variables=TSSOPER .  
Descriptives   variables=BOD5 . 
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(NH4)) AND (NH4 LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NH4","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(NH4)) AND (NH4 GT 100)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NH4","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(NO2)) AND (NO2 LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NO2","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(NO2)) AND (NO2 GT 10)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NO2","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(NOX)) AND (NOX LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NOX","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(NOX)) AND (NOX GT 500)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "NOX","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TIN)) AND (TIN LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TIN","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TIN)) AND (TIN GT 500)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TIN","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PO4)) AND (PO4 LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PO4","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PO4)) AND (PO4 GT 5)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PO4","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(CHLA)) AND (CHLA LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "CHLA","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(CHLA)) AND (CHLA GT 100)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "CHLA","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PHAE)) AND (PHAE LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PHAE","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PHAE)) AND (PHAE GT 20)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PHAE","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSW)) AND (TSSW LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSW","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSW)) AND (TSSW GT 200)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSW","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSM)) AND (TSSM LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSM","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSM)) AND (TSSM GT 200)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSM","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSO)) AND (TSSO LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSO","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSO)) AND (TSSO GT 200)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSO","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSOPER)) AND (TSSOPER LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSOPER","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TSSOPER)) AND (TSSOPER GT 100)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TSSOPER","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(BOD5)) AND (BOD5 LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "BOD5","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(BOD5)) AND (BOD5 GT 20)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "BOD5","-max").
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.