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OAS accession Detail for 7900247
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| Title: | Bacteriology, wind wave spectra, and benthic organism data from moored buoy casts and other instruments in the Gulf of Mexico during the Brine Disposal project, 1978-02-01 to 1979-05-03 (NCEI Accession 7900247) |
| Abstract: | Bacteriology, wind wave spectra, and benthic organism data were collected using moored buoy casts and other instruments in the Gulf of Mexico from February 1, 1978 to May 3, 1979. Data were submitted by Texas A&M University as part of the Brine Disposal project. Data has been processed by NODC to the standard NODC F009- Bacteriology, F132- Benthic Organisms, and F191- Wind Wave Spectra formats. The F009 format is designed to support bacteriological studies of the water column and ocean bottom. Information on environmental conditions, physical measurements of the water and sediment, and density of heterotrophic, hydrocarbonoclastic, and halophilic bacteria are presented. The format contains five data record types, each 80 characters in length, sorted by station ad sequence numbers. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file name (columns 1-3) and file identifier (columns 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use. The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments. The F191 format is used to report meteorological data and ocean wave spectra data from NDBO. The format contains seven data record types to: 1) Identify the buoy for position, duration, rate of sampling and heading. 2) Identify the meteorological parameters (temperature, pressure, weather, solar radiation, and surface waves). 3) Report time series frequency, density and resolution of waves. Each record is 120 characters in length, sorted by station and record type. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (column 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use. |
| Date received: | 19790803 |
| Start date: | 19780201 |
| End date: | 19790503 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -95.34 |
| East boundary: | -91.7 |
| North boundary: | 29.7 |
| South boundary: | 28.72 |
| Observation types: | benthic, biological, laboratory analyses, meteorological, physical, sediment analysis, surface measurements, survey - biological, time series |
| Instrument types: | accelerometer, buoy - moored buoy, inclinometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, net, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, thermistor |
| Datatypes: | BACTERIA - HALOPHILIC, WIND DIRECTION |
| Submitter: | Hann Jr., Roy W. |
| Submitting institution: | Texas A&M University |
| Collecting institutions: | Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources, Southwest Research Institute, Texas A&M University, US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center |
| Contributing projects: | BRINE DISPOSAL |
| Platforms: | EXCELLENCE (32L7), FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), GUS III (31G3) |
| 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 dataset include: Contact info: Agency: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: COLLEGE STATION state: TX postal: 77843-3146 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: SOUTH WEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE - SAN ANTONIO Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: SAN ANTONIO state: TX postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER Address: address: BLDG. 1100 city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER state: MS postal: 39529-6000 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19790803 |
| Metadata version: | 14 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:28:46+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 17:11:56+00 |