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OAS accession Detail for 8200037
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| Title: | Turbidity, SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC and other data from MEIRING NAUDE, FRAAY R/K and FRANK HARVEY R/K in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean from 1966-01-19 to 1979-03-23 (NCEI Accession 8200037) |
| Abstract: | This data set consists of Bathythermograph data extracted from a tape of physical oceanographic data submitted by the National Research Institute of Oceanography (South Africa). The data were collected on the MEIRING NAUDE from February 1968 to March 1979 (L00897), the FRAAY from June 1966 to September 1967 (L00898) and the FRANK HARVEY on january 1966 (L00899). The Nansen bottle data was processed by NODC. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), Bathythermograph XBT Selected Depths (SBT) (C125), and Ocean Station (C100) formats. The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) 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 and 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 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. The UBT (C125) 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 records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. Depths are selected by the originator - usually at standard horizons or some fixed interval. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of either 450 or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to be obtained to 1830 m. |
| Date received: | 19820222 |
| Start date: | 19660119 |
| End date: | 19790323 |
| Seanames: | Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel |
| West boundary: | 30.18 |
| East boundary: | 38.49 |
| North boundary: | -26.18 |
| South boundary: | -33.23 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, CTD, meteorological sensor, Secchi disk, tide gauge |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, AMMONIA (NH3), BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC, CHLOROPHYLL A, cloud amount/frequency, cloud types, CONDUCTIVITY, DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY, HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RESOLVED, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, NITRATE, NITRITE, OXYGEN, pH, PHAEOPIGMENTS, phosphate, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, SALINITY, SEA STATE, Secchi depth, SIGMA-T, silicate, SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC, SOUND VELOCITY, suspended solids, TIDE HEIGHT, TIDE STAGE, total alkalinity, TOTAL CARBON, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, turbidity, WATER COLOR, WATER DENSITY, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION, WIND FORCE, WIND SPEED, ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS |
| Submitter: | Borgin, Siv |
| Submitting institution: | National Research Institute for Oceanology |
| Collecting institutions: | National Research Institute for Oceanology |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | FRAAY R/K (91FR), FRANK HARVEY R/K (91FH), MEIRING NAUDE (91MN) |
| 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: NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOLOGY PI: Borgin, Siv Address: address: P.O. BOX 320 city: 7599 STELLENBOSCH state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: SOUTH AFRICA In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. |
| Availability date: | 19820222 |
| Metadata version: | 9 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-08 14:51:06+00 |