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Title: Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data from ALPHA HELIX from Chukchi Sea and other northern seas from 1992-03-16 to 1992-10-27 (NCEI Accession 9300161)
Abstract: The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected in Gulf of Alaska, Chukchi Sea, and NW Pacific (limit-180). Data was collected from cruises HX 161, HX 163, HX 165 and HX 167 of R/V ALPHA HELIX. The data was collected over a period spanning from March 16, 1992 to October 27, 1992. Data was submitted in one exabyte cassette by Dr. Thomas C. Royer, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. CTD data is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

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: 19930923
Start date: 19920316
End date: 19921027
Seanames:
West boundary: -170.4
East boundary: -149.4
North boundary: 71.9
South boundary: 53.6
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Submitter: Royer, Dr. Thomas C.
Submitting institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science
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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.

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Contact info:
Agency: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA - FAIRBANKS; INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE
PI: Royer, Dr. Thomas
PI: 392
Address:
address: ROOM 111 O'NEAL BUILDING
city: FAIRBANKS
state: AK
postal: 99701
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19930923
Metadata version: 7
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2024-10-18 14:14:13+00