Others titles
- Beach Water and Weather Sensor Locations
- Maintenance of Sensors in the Water at Beaches
Keywords
- Beaches Sensors
- Beach Water Quality
- Weather Sensor Locations
Chicago Beach Water Quality Automated Sensors Report
This dataset contains the report of the automated sensors in the water of Chicago beaches. This report includes date and time of measurement for water temperature, turbidity, transducer depth, wave height and period among others.
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Description
The Chicago Park District maintains sensors in the water at beaches along Chicago’s Lake Michigan Lakefront. These sensors generally capture the indicated measurements hourly while the sensors are in operation during the summer. During other seasons and at some other times, information from the sensors is not available.
About this Dataset
Data Info
Date Created | 2015-02-04 |
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Last Modified | 2023-09-18 |
Version | 2023-09-18 |
Update Frequency |
Quarterly |
Temporal Coverage |
2023 |
Spatial Coverage |
Chicago |
Source | John Snow Labs; Data City of Chicago; |
Source License URL | |
Source License Requirements |
N/A |
Source Citation |
N/A |
Keywords | Beaches Sensors, Beach Water Quality, Weather Sensor Locations |
Other Titles | Beach Water and Weather Sensor Locations, Maintenance of Sensors in the Water at Beaches |
Data Fields
Name | Description | Type | Constraints |
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Beach_Name | Name of beach where sensors are maintained | string | - |
Measurement_Date | The date when the measurements were taken | datetime | - |
Water_Temperature | Water temperature in Celsius degrees. | number | level : Interval |
Turbidity | Water turbidity in Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) | number | level : Ratio |
Transducer_Depth | Transducer depth in meters | number | level : Ratio |
Wave_Height | Wave height in meters | number | level : Ratio |
Wave_Period | Wave period in seconds | integer | level : Ratio |
Battery_Life | Battery voltage, an indicator of remaining battery life used by the Chicago Park District to know when batteries should be replaced. | number | level : Ratio |
Measurement_ID | A unique record ID made up of the Beach Name and Measurement Timestamp | string | - |
Data Preview
Beach Name | Measurement Date | Water Temperature | Turbidity | Transducer Depth | Wave Height | Wave Period | Battery Life | Measurement ID |
Calumet Beach | 2018-04-07T00:30:00 | 21.7 | 3.15 | 0.389 | 3 | 0.0 | CalumetBeach201804072430 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2019-06-14T19:00:00 | 16.0 | 2.18 | 0.13699999999999998 | 3 | 11.8 | OhioStreetBeach201906141900 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-05-16T13:00:00 | 21.7 | 1.92 | 0.023 | 1 | 10.3 | OhioStreetBeach201805161300 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-05-16T14:00:00 | 21.9 | 1.81 | 0.026000000000000002 | 6 | 10.3 | OhioStreetBeach201805161400 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T09:00:00 | 23.0 | 0.03 | 0.021 | 8 | 12.4 | OhioStreetBeach201806040900 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T10:00:00 | 17.6 | 3.09 | 0.159 | 4 | 12.6 | OhioStreetBeach201806041000 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T12:00:00 | 19.3 | 2.96 | 0.157 | 4 | 12.5 | OhioStreetBeach201806041200 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T13:00:00 | 19.6 | 2.81 | 0.16699999999999998 | 4 | 12.5 | OhioStreetBeach201806041300 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T15:00:00 | 18.2 | 3.06 | 0.149 | 4 | 12.5 | OhioStreetBeach201806041500 | |
Ohio Street Beach | 2018-06-04T16:00:00 | 18.6 | 3.07 | 0.159 | 4 | 12.4 | OhioStreetBeach201806041600 |