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OAS accession Detail for 8900211
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| Title: | Temperature profile and other data collected using BT, XBT, and other instruments from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 1982-08-18 to 1985-04-06 (NCEI Accession 8900211) |
| Abstract: | Temperature profile and other data were collected using XBT, BT, and other instruments from NOAA Ship RESEARCHER and other platforms in the Gulf of Mexico from 18 August 1982 to 06 April 1985. Data were collected by the Science Applications, INC. in Raleigh, NC with support from Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) format and High-Resolution CTD/STD Output Format. The UBT file format is used for temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles at depths of about 450 or 760 m. With special instruments, measurements can be obtained to 1830 m. Cruise information, position, date, and time are reported for each observation. The data record comprises pairs of temperature-depth values. Unlike the MBT data file, in which temperature values are recorded at uniform 5m intervals, the XBT Data File contains temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths are at a minimum number of points ("inflection points") required to record the temperature curve to an acceptable degree of accuracy. On output, however, the user may request temperature values either at inflection points or interpolated to uniform depth increments. 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: | 19890821 |
| Start date: | 19820818 |
| End date: | 19850406 |
| Seanames: | Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -96.79 |
| East boundary: | -71.02 |
| North boundary: | 39.9 |
| South boundary: | 21 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - AXBT, 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: | Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC |
| Collecting institutions: | Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC |
| Contributing projects: | GULF OF MEXICO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY |
| Platforms: | AIRCRAFT (3191), BELLOWS (318B), CAPE FLORIDA (321F), GYRE (32GY), JUNE BOLLINGER (320T), Oregon II (316O), Researcher (3175), SUN COASTER (32WP), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF MEXICO (5799), UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES (3199) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: 1989 Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program, Program Years 1 & 2 (Eastern Gulf) - Associated SOOP Cruise Data (Part - 8). 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. - RALEIGH NC PI: N/A Address: address: 4900 WATERS EDGE DRIVE, SUITE 255 city: RALEIGH state: NC postal: 27606 country: UNITED STATES 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: | 19890821 |
| Metadata version: | 9 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-02-14 01:28:38+00 |