Newport/Balboa Surface Salinity Data								
Newport Beach, CA   33¡36.0'N   117¡54.0'W								
Data are collected by Newport Beach Lifeguards with the City of Newport Beach.							
******* NOTE *******								
This data has been corrected for instrument drift and checked for key entry errors only.				
It has not been analyzed for overall quality.								
Data uncertainties are flagged with the following codes:								
0 = good data,								
1 = illegible entry,								
2 = data differs from other sources, ie. temperature vs. salinity records,							
3 = data uncertain,								
4 = leaky bottle,							
5 = SIO Pier Chlorophyll Program Data,								
6 = data collected at different location.								
Time flags indicate date or time uncertainties.								
Data flags indicate uncertainties with data.								
Time of sample collection available for 2003 - current								
data only and is converted to Pacific Standard Time (PST).								
Time of sample collection may be estimated for several measurements.								
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***PLEASE CITE & REFERENCE THIS PROGRAM AS FOLLOWS***								
Shore Stations Program with current funding provided by the								
California Department of Boating and Waterways, Award# CA DWB 07-106-112							
Daily temperature and salinity measurements are collected by Newport Beach							
Lifeguards with the City of Newport Beach.								
Contact shorestation@ucsd.edu if you have questions.