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OAS accession Detail for 7800270
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| Title: | CTD, hydrocarbons, and other data from SNOW GOOSE and NOAA Ship DISCOVERER from 1976-11-03 to 1977-08-14 (NCEI Accession 7800270) |
| Abstract: | Conductivity, temperature, depth, and hydrocarbons data were collected as part of the Puget Sound Energy-Related Research Program (MESA/PSERP). Data were collected by NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) and were converted by NODC to Standard format F022 High Resolution STD/CTD and F144 Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants data formats. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments. The F144 format contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments. |
| Date received: | 19780328 |
| Start date: | 19761103 |
| End date: | 19770814 |
| Seanames: | Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, North Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -124.86 |
| East boundary: | -122.68 |
| North boundary: | 49.08 |
| South boundary: | 48.16 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | CTD, current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, salinometer, Secchi disk, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, tide gauge, transmissometer, visual analysis |
| Datatypes: | CONDUCTIVITY, hydrocarbons, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, SALINITY, SIGMA-T, TAXONOMIC CODE, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | Cline, Joel |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| Contributing projects: | MESA Puget Sound |
| Platforms: | Discoverer (31DS), SNOW GOOSE (32GS) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | Note: 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). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY PI: N/A Address: address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, BLDG 32 city: SEATTLE state: WA postal: 98115-0070 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19780328 |
| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:27:04+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-09-11 16:01:57+00 |