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OAS accession Detail for 8200115
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| Title: | Drifting buoy and other data from the Gulf of Alaska as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1980-10-26 to 1981-03-27 (NCEI Accession 8200115) |
| Abstract: | Drifting buoy data was collected from the Gulf of Alaska by the Science Application INC (SAI) as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP). Data were collected from 26 October 1980 to 27 March 1981. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F156 Drifting Buoy Data format. An analog file for this accession is available. The F156 format is used for time series data on ocean circulation determined by the tracking of drifting buoys, drogues, or other instrumented devices as they are carried with the flow. Movement is reported as point-to-point geographic locations determined by shore-based, surface ship, aircraft, or satellite observations. Data from both ocean currents and ice movement can be reported in this format over time periods ranging from minutes to months. Directions and speeds between individual observations may be computed from these data and presented in graphic or summary listing form to provide information on circulation patterns and mass transport in offshore and near- shore regions. Platform name (for platform acquiring data or deploying device), drogue characteristics, start and end positions and times, and observation frequency (if constant time interval) are reported for each series of observation. Other surface meteorological or oceanographic parameters (e.g., water temperature and salinity, air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) and subsurface data (depth, pressure, temperature) may also be reported. Text records may be used to report general comments or to describe individual drogue observations. |
| Date received: | 19820610 |
| Start date: | 19801026 |
| End date: | 19810327 |
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| West boundary: | -138.91 |
| East boundary: | -138.319722 |
| North boundary: | 59.144167 |
| South boundary: | 58.819444 |
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| Submitter: | Muench, Dr. Robin D. |
| Submitting institution: | Science Applications International Corporation - Bellevue, WA |
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| 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: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, INC. - BELLEVUE WA PI: Muench, Dr. Robin Address: address: 13400 B NORTHRUP WAY, SUITE 36 city: BELLEVUE state: WA postal: 98005 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19820610 |
| Metadata version: | 9 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:32:35+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-08-07 11:17:25+00 |