Oceanographic station data from bottle casts from the ALKOR and Other Platforms from Ocean Weather Stations A (OWS-A), OWS-K, and OWS-M in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea from 1963-01-03 to 1972-12-11 (NCEI Accession 7500642)
Oceanographic station data were collected from the ALKOR and Other Platforms within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Stations A (6200N 03300W), OWS-K (4500N 01600W), and OWS-M (6600 N 00200E) and in transit. Data were collected by Danish Institute for Fishery and Marine Research and other institutions from 03 January 1963 to 11 December 1972. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Station Data II Output Format (SD2).
The SD2 format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters are temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.
The SD2 format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters are temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Universität zu Kiel (2002). Oceanographic station data from bottle casts from the ALKOR and Other Platforms from Ocean Weather Stations A (OWS-A), OWS-K, and OWS-M in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norwegian Sea from 1963-01-03 to 1972-12-11 (NCEI Accession 7500642). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/7500642. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1963-01-03 to 1972-12-11 |
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West: -140.9
East: -122.65
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North: 31.083333
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Supplemental Information | Note: Preliminary metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in July of 2007. Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITAET KIEL PI: N/A Address: address: Dusternbrooker Weg 20 city: KIEL state: W/230 postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: GERMANY Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: DANISH INSTITUTE FOR FISHERY AND MARINE RESEARCH Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: CHARLOTTENLUND state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: DENMARK Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: HAFRANNSOKNASTOFNUNIN REYKJAVIK OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE Address: address: P.O. BOX 390 city: REYKJAVIK state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: 101 country: ICELAND Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER Address: Contact info: Agency: FISHERIES LABORATORY - LOWESTOFT Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: LOWESTOFT state: SUFFOLK postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED KINGDOM In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
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