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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-341
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-341
28 Oct 2022
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Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal ESSD and is expected to appear here in due course.

RC4USCoast: A river chemistry dataset for regional ocean model applications in the U.S. East, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coasts

Fabian A. Gomez, Sang-Ki Lee, Charles A. Stock, Andrew C. Ross, Laure Resplandy, Samantha A. Siedlecki, Filippos Tagklis, and Joseph E. Salisbury

Abstract. A historical dataset of river chemistry and discharge is presented for 140 monitoring sites along the United States East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the West Coast from 1950 to 2020. The dataset, referred to here as River Chemistry for the U.S. Coast (RC4USCoast), is mostly derived from the Water Quality Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), but also includes river discharge from the USGS’s Surface-Water Monthly Statistics for the Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. RC4USCoast provides monthly time series as well as long-term averaged monthly climatological patterns for twenty variables including alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon concentration. It is mainly intended as a data product for regional ocean biogeochemical models and carbon chemistry studies in the U.S. coastal regions. Here we present the method to derive RC4USCoast and briefly describe the river's carbonate chemistry patterns.

Fabian A. Gomez et al.

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jan 2023
    • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Feb 2023
    • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023
  • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jan 2023
    • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Feb 2023
    • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023
  • AC1: 'Comment on essd-2022-341', Fabian Gomez, 20 Mar 2023

Fabian A. Gomez et al.

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RC4USCoast: A river chemistry dataset for regional ocean model application in the U.S. East, Gulf of Mexico, and West Coasts from 1950-01-01 to 2020-12-31 (NCEI Accession 0260455) Gomez, F. A., Lee, S. K., Stock, C. A., Ross, A. C., Resplandy, L., Siedlecki, S. A., Tagklis, F., Salisbury, J. E. https://doi.org/10.25921/9jfw-ph50

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We present a river chemistry and discharge dataset for 140 rivers in the United States, which integrates information from the Water Quality Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the USGS’s Surface-Water Monthly Statistics for the Nation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This dataset includes dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity, two key properties to characterize the carbonate system, as well as nutrient concentration, such as nitrate and phosphate, and silica.