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Title: | Water physical and chemical data from current meter and bottle casts from the H.J.W. FAY and other platforms as part of the Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS - Mid Atlantic) project, 1977-05-16 to 1977-09-15 (NCEI Accession 7800386) |
Abstract: | Water physical and chemical data were collected using current meter and bottle casts from the H.J.W. FAY and other platforms from May 16, 1977 to September 15, 1977. Data were submitted by Virginia Institute of Marine Science - Gloucester Point, as part of the Ocean Continental Shelf - Mid Atlantic (OCS - Mid Atlantic) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Water Physical and Chemical (F014) format. Full current meter moorings descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f014.html. The F014 format is designed to support studies of physical and chemical observations on the water column. Reported are measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, orthophosphate, and organic carbon. The format consists of four data record types, 80 characters in length, sorted by station and sequence numbers for proper order. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is an unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field an unique NODC identifier for internal use. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116) format. The C116/C118 format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data record was comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT Data File, in which temperature values were recorded at uniform 5 m intervals, the XBT data files contained temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Prior to July 1994, XBT data were routinely processed to one of these standard types. XBT data are now processed and loaded directly in to the NODC Ocean Profile Data Base (OPDB). Historic data from these two data types were loaded into the OPDB. |
Date received: | 19780524 |
Start date: | 19770516 |
End date: | 19770915 |
Seanames: | New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean |
West boundary: | -75.51 |
East boundary: | -71.89 |
North boundary: | 39.91 |
South boundary: | 36.95 |
Observation types: | physical, profile |
Instrument types: | bottle, current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, salinometer, Secchi disk, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, tide gauge, visual analysis |
Datatypes: | AMMONIA (NH3), CONDUCTIVITY, DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, NITRATE, NITRITE, SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE |
Submitter: | Engel, Dr. Gerald L. |
Submitting institution: | Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
Collecting institutions: | Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
Contributing projects: | OCS-MID ATLANTIC |
Platforms: | CAPE HENLOPEN (32CW), H. J. W. FAY (31FY) |
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: VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE - GLOUCESTER POINT PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: GLOUCESTER POINT state: VA postal: 23062 country: UNITED STATES |
Availability date: | 19780524 |
Metadata version: | 9 |
Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
Editdate: | 2022-10-07 00:08:15+00 |