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OAS accession Detail for 8300036, meta_version: 6. Current meta_version is: 7
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| Title: | Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from USS DECATUR, STARK and other platforms in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, Gulf of Mexico and other waters from 1979-01-17 to 1983-02-11 (NCEI Accession 8300036) |
| Abstract: | Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard Bathythermograph (XBT) (C116), High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022), 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 F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments. |
| Date received: | 19830309 |
| Start date: | 19790117 |
| End date: | 19830211 |
| Seanames: | Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Malacca Straits, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai) |
| West boundary: | -128.75 |
| East boundary: | 118.45 |
| North boundary: | 43.22 |
| South boundary: | 1.73 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, CTD, meteorological sensor, Secchi disk, transmissometer |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB, AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, cloud amount/frequency, cloud types, CONDUCTIVITY, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, NITRATE, OXYGEN, pH, phosphate, SALINITY, SEA STATE, Secchi depth, SIGMA-T, silicate, SOUND VELOCITY, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, TRANSMISSIVITY, VISIBILITY, WATER COLOR, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WEATHER, WIND DIRECTION, WIND FORCE, WIND SPEED, ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS |
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| Submitting institution: | Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences |
| Collecting institutions: | Fisheries Institute, Oregon State University; College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Southeast Fisheries Science Center; Miami, FL Laboratory, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity |
| Contributing projects: | LOW LEVEL WASTE OCEAN DISPOSAL, SEAMAP |
| Platforms: | Decatur (311D), KAKADIAMAA (GHKA), MISSISSIPPI (327M), Oregon II (316O), SAKUMO (GHSA), Scott (321H), STARK (32WJ), WECOMA (32WC) |
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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 data set include: Contact info: Agency: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PI: N/A Address: address: OCEAN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 104 city: CORVALLIS state: OR postal: 97331-5503 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY Address: address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204 city: SAN DIEGO state: CA postal: 92109-31331 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - MIAMI PI: 4293 Address: address: 75 VIRGINIA BEACH DRIVE city: MIAMI state: FL postal: 33149 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: FISHERIES INSTITUTE PI: 330 Address: address: P.O. BOX B 62 city: TEMA state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: GHANA |
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| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:33:07+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-09 12:37:01+00 |