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Title: Water physics and chemistry data from moored current meter and bottle casts in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Brine Disposal project, 1978-06-03 to 1979-06-02 (NCEI Accession 8000244)
Abstract: Water physics and chemistry data were collected using moored current meter and bottle casts in the Gulf of Mexico from June 3, 1978 to June 2, 1979. Data were submitted by National Ocean Service (NOS) as part of the Brine Disposal project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Water Physics and Chemistry Data (F004) format.

The F004 format is used for data from measurements and analyses of physical and chemical characteristics of the water column. Among chemical parameters that may be recorded are salinity, pH, and concentration of oxygen, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, chlorophyll, and suspended solids. Physical parameters that may be recorded include temperature, density (sigma-t), transmissivity, and current velocity (east-west and north-south components). Cruise and station information, including environmental conditions of the study site at the time of observations, is also included.
Date received: 19800414
Start date: 19780603
End date: 19790602
Seanames: Gulf of Mexico
West boundary: -91.88
East boundary: -91.71
North boundary: 29.13
South boundary: 29.06
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: bottle, current meter, meteorological sensor, Secchi disk
Datatypes: DEPTH - SENSOR, OXYGEN, SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Frey, Dr. Henry R.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Contributing projects: BRINE DISPOSAL
Platforms: Ferrel (318L)
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.

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Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - ROCKVILLE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 6001 EXECUTIVE BLVD.
city: ROCKVILLE
state: MD
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19800414
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:29:47+00
Editdate: 2023-10-31 21:27:58+00