Baffle Creek 2021 (Current velocity and direction)

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URL: https://data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0023/264263/baffle-creek-current-2021.csv

This resource collects time series water physicochemical in-situ parameter readings, water (current) flow velocity and direction, Nitrogen and Carbon compounds and weather conditions every 10 minutes.

Equipment is housed in a large yellow floating buoy, anchored in position within the tidal zone at the Ferry Crossing approximately 16km from the mouth of Baffle Creek, between Gladstone and Bundaberg.

Lat: -24.50861, Lon: 151.9279, Datum: GDA

Water flow direction and velocity are collected at a depth of 1.0 meter below the surface via an Aanderra Doppler Current Sensors (DCS) Model 420 which operates on the backscatter acoustic doppler principle.

The sensor has built-in compass and tilt sensor.

Doppler parameters measured/collected are:

  • ABSSpd-Avg
  • AbsTilt-Avg
  • Direction-Avg
  • EastCur-Avg
  • Heading-Avg
  • LoggerBattV
  • LoggerPanelTemp
  • MaxTilt-Avg
  • NorthCur-Avg
  • PingCnt-Avg
  • SigStrength-Avg
  • SPstd-Avg
  • StdTilt-Avg
  • TiltX-Avg
  • TiltY-Avg

A Gill MaxiMet weather station provides the following parameters:

  • Gill-DewPoint-Avg
  • Gill-Latitude
  • Gill-Longitude
  • Gill-Pressure
  • Gill-Rain-mm-Tot
  • Gill-RH
  • Gill-SRad-Avg
  • Gill-SunHours-Avg
  • Gill-Temperature-Avg
  • Gill-Time
  • Gill-TotalDailyRain-mm
  • Gill-TotalRain-mm
  • Gill-Wd-StdDev
  • Gill-WindSpd-Max
  • Gill-Ws-Mean

A Trios "Opus" spectrophotometer with 10mm optical path, submerged at 1 meter below the surface, measures Nitrogen and Carbon compounds, such as:

  • OPUS1-MeasureTime
  • OPUS1000-N-NO3
  • OPUS1004-CODeq
  • OPUS1014-TOCeq
  • OPUS1016-TSSeq
  • OPUS1032-SAC254
  • OPUS1034-Abs360
  • OPUS1036-Abs210
  • OPUS1038-FitError
  • OPUS1042-Abs254
  • OPUS1052-COD-SACeq
  • OPUS1060-SQI

See YSI website for instrument accuracy, method of operation etc. For more information visit:

Quality Codes
[990] Uncertain – Subnormal
[1000] WQ – Good – Verified
[1010] WQ – Good – Checked
[1030] WQ – Good – Historical
[2000] WQ – Uncertain – Unchecked
[3010] WQ – Bad – Pump failure
[3020] WQ – Bad – Probe failure
[3030] WQ – Bad – Flow Cell Failure
[3040] WQ – Bad – Unknown Failure
[3050] WQ – Bad – No Data
[3060] WQ – Bad – Equipment out of water

Legacy Quality Codes
[1] [LEGACY] WQ – Good – Checked
[2] [LEGACY] WQ – Good - Verified
[4] [LEGACY] WQ – Good – Historical
[101] [LEGACY] WQ – Uncertain – Unchecked
[105] [LEGACY] WQ – Uncertain - Historical
[201] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Pump failure
[202] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Probe failure
[203] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Flow Cell Failure
[205] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – No Data
[206] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Probe Outside Limits

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Data Dictionary

Column Type Label Description
Timestamp text
ABSSpd-Avg numeric
ABSSpd-Avg [Quality] text
AbsTilt-Avg text
AbsTilt-Avg [Quality] text
Direction-Avg numeric
Direction-Avg [Quality] text
EastCur-Avg numeric
EastCur-Avg [Quality] text
Gill-DewPoint-Avg text
Gill-DewPoint-Avg [Quality] text
Gill-Latitude numeric
Gill-Latitude [Quality] text
Gill-Longitude text
Gill-Longitude [Quality] text
Gill-Pressure text
Gill-Pressure [Quality] text
Gill-Rain-mm-Tot text
Gill-Rain-mm-Tot [Quality] text
Gill-RH text
Gill-RH [Quality] text
Gill-SRad-Avg text
Gill-SRad-Avg [Quality] text
Gill-SunHours-Avg text
Gill-SunHours-Avg [Quality] text
Gill-Temperature-Avg numeric
Gill-Temperature-Avg [Quality] text
Gill-Time text
Gill-Time [Quality] text
Gill-TotalDailyRain-mm numeric
Gill-TotalDailyRain-mm [Quality] text
Gill-TotalRain-mm text
Gill-TotalRain-mm [Quality] text
Gill-Wd-MeanUnitVector numeric
Gill-Wd-MeanUnitVector [Quality] text
Gill-Wd-StdDev numeric
Gill-Wd-StdDev [Quality] text
Gill-WindSpd-Max text
Gill-WindSpd-Max [Quality] text
Gill-Ws-Mean numeric
Gill-Ws-Mean [Quality] text
Heading-Avg numeric
Heading-Avg [Quality] text
LoggerBattV numeric
LoggerBattV [Quality] text
LoggerPanelTemp numeric
LoggerPanelTemp [Quality] text
MaxTilt-Avg text
MaxTilt-Avg [Quality] text
NorthCur-Avg numeric
NorthCur-Avg [Quality] text
OPUS1-MeasureTime text
OPUS1-MeasureTime [Quality] text
OPUS1000-N-NO3 text
OPUS1000-N-NO3 [Quality] numeric
OPUS1004-CODeq text
OPUS1004-CODeq [Quality] text
OPUS1014-TOCeq text
OPUS1014-TOCeq [Quality] text
OPUS1016-TSSeq numeric
OPUS1016-TSSeq [Quality] text
OPUS1032-SAC254 text
OPUS1032-SAC254 [Quality] text
OPUS1034-Abs360 text
OPUS1034-Abs360 [Quality] text
OPUS1036-Abs210 text
OPUS1036-Abs210 [Quality] text
OPUS1038-FitError text
OPUS1038-FitError [Quality] text
OPUS1042-Abs254 text
OPUS1042-Abs254 [Quality] text
OPUS1052-COD-SACeq text
OPUS1052-COD-SACeq [Quality] text
OPUS1060-SQI text
OPUS1060-SQI [Quality] text
PingCnt-Avg text
PingCnt-Avg [Quality] text
SigStrength-Avg text
SigStrength-Avg [Quality] text
SPstd-Avg text
SPstd-Avg [Quality] text
StdTilt-Avg text
StdTilt-Avg [Quality] text
TiltX-Avg numeric
TiltX-Avg [Quality] text
TiltY-Avg numeric
TiltY-Avg [Quality] text

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Data last updated 16 March 2022
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