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Temperature, salinity, and nutrients data from CTD, MBT, and bottle casts in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans from the SACKVILLE and other platforms from 1928-05-12 to 1998-11-03 (NCEI Accession 0000448)

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CTD, MBT, bottle and other data were collected in the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific Oceans from the SACKVILLE and other platforms from 12 May 1928 to 03 November 1998. Data include temperature, salinity, and alkalinity profiles. Data also include concentration profiles of ammonium, phosphate, silicate, nitrate, and nitrite. Data were submitted by the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) of Canada and are in the MEDS ASCII format.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Spear, Don; Marine Environmental Data Section (2010). Temperature, salinity, and nutrients data from CTD, MBT, and bottle casts in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans from the SACKVILLE and other platforms from 1928-05-12 to 1998-11-03 (NCEI Accession 0000448). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0000448. Accessed [date].

Dataset Identifiers

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gov.noaa.nodc:0000448

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Distributor	DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 301-713-3277 NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
Dataset Point of Contact	Information Services DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce 301-713-3277 NCEI.Info@noaa.gov

Time Period	1928-05-12 to 1998-11-03
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	N: 90 S: .6933 E: 99.1283 W: 118.4967
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Publication Dates	publication: 2010-12-17 revision: 2013-03-16
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Purpose	This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations	accessLevel: Public Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

Dataset Citation	Cite as: Spear, Don; Marine Environmental Data Section (2010). Temperature, salinity, and nutrients data from CTD, MBT, and bottle casts in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans from the SACKVILLE and other platforms from 1928-05-12 to 1998-11-03 (NCEI Accession 0000448). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0000448. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Spear, Don Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) Marine Environmental Data Section
Resource Providers	Don Spear Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS) Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section (MEDS)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS AMMONIUM (NH4) CHLOROFLUOROCARBON (CFC) CHLOROPHYLL A DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE NITRATE NITRITE NITROGEN - PARTICULATE PARTICULATE CARBON pH PHAEOPHYTIN phosphate PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY SALINITY silicate SOUND VELOCITY total alkalinity WATER TEMPERATURE NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS profile WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS > CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Data Center keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Marine Environmental Data Section
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS AIRCRAFT ARCTIC IVIK BELOGORSK CAPE HENLOPEN CCGS Henry Larsen CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent CCGS Parizeau CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier CCGS W. E Ricker CNAV Sackville COLUMBUS COROMANDEL CSS Baffin CSS Dawson DANA DES GROSEILLIERS DRILL SHIPS ENDEAVOR ERNST KRENKEL EVRIKA GEORGE R. PEARKES GEORGIY USHAKOV GREBE HALF MOON BAY HELICOPTER HUDSON ICE STATION JOHN P. TULLY KEY WEST II MARTHA L. BLACK MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV MUSSON NEW HORIZON NOAA Ship Albatross IV OSHORO MARU PANDORA II PIERRE RADISSON POLAR EXPLORER POLYNESIA ROSSEL CURRENT RV Alpha Helix RV Polarstern SEA-LAND DEFENDER SEATECH II SIR JOHN FRANKLIN SUB SIG II TAI HE THOMAS G. THOMPSON UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA VECTOR VELELLA VILNYUS ВИКТОР БУГАЕВ (VICTOR BUGAEV, VIKTOR BUGAYEV) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords AIRCRAFT SHIPS ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes 06AQ 06CG 1891 1899 18AW 18BA 18DA 18DD 18DR 18GE 18GO 18GP 18HE 18HS 18HU 18IC 18KY 18LU 18MF 18P2 18PL 18PZ 18RD 18RK 18SJ 18SN 18SV 18SZ 18VB 18VT 26DA 31A4 31HX 31TT 320C 320F 32CW 32G8 32NM 33EN 49OS 76TA 90BK 90EV 90KE 90ML 90MU 90UG 90VC 90VY BAPO SVRC
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle CTD Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Arctic Ocean Baffin Bay Bay of Fundy Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Davis Strait Gulf of Alaska Gulf of St. Lawrence Hudson Bay Labrador Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Greenland Sea North Pacific Ocean Northwestern Passages Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0000448 448

Use Constraints	Cite as: Spear, Don; Marine Environmental Data Section (2010). Temperature, salinity, and nutrients data from CTD, MBT, and bottle casts in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans from the SACKVILLE and other platforms from 1928-05-12 to 1998-11-03 (NCEI Accession 0000448). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0000448. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

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Processing Steps	2010-12-17T00:00:35Z - NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1 was published. 2013-03-16T20:04:09Z - NCEI Accession 0000448 was revised and v1.2 was published. Rationale: Updates were received for this data set. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1 (download) published 2010-12-17T00:00:35Z NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.2 NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.2 (download) published 2013-03-16T20:04:09Z

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Processing Steps

2010-12-17T00:00:35Z - NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1 was published.
2013-03-16T20:04:09Z - NCEI Accession 0000448 was revised and v1.2 was published.
Rationale: Updates were received for this data set. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.

Output Datasets

NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1
- NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.1 (download)
  published 2010-12-17T00:00:35Z

NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.2
- NCEI Accession 0000448 v1.2 (download)
  published 2013-03-16T20:04:09Z

Lineage information for: repository
Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

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Processing Steps

2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle CTD
Platform	AIRCRAFT ARCTIC IVIK BELOGORSK CAPE HENLOPEN CCGS Henry Larsen CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent CCGS Parizeau CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier CCGS W. E Ricker CNAV Sackville COLUMBUS COROMANDEL CSS Baffin CSS Dawson DANA DES GROSEILLIERS DRILL SHIPS ENDEAVOR ERNST KRENKEL EVRIKA GEORGE R. PEARKES GEORGIY USHAKOV GREBE HALF MOON BAY HELICOPTER HUDSON ICE STATION JOHN P. TULLY KEY WEST II MARTHA L. BLACK MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV MUSSON NEW HORIZON NOAA Ship Albatross IV OSHORO MARU PANDORA II PIERRE RADISSON POLAR EXPLORER POLYNESIA ROSSEL CURRENT RV Alpha Helix RV Polarstern SEA-LAND DEFENDER SEATECH II SIR JOHN FRANKLIN SUB SIG II TAI HE THOMAS G. THOMPSON UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA VECTOR VELELLA VILNYUS ВИКТОР БУГАЕВ (VICTOR BUGAEV, VIKTOR BUGAYEV)

Acquisition Information (collection)

Instrument

bathythermograph - MBT
bathythermograph - XBT
bottle
CTD

Platform

AIRCRAFT
ARCTIC IVIK
BELOGORSK
CAPE HENLOPEN
CCGS Henry Larsen
CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent
CCGS Parizeau
CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier
CCGS W. E Ricker
CNAV Sackville
COLUMBUS COROMANDEL
CSS Baffin
CSS Dawson
DANA
DES GROSEILLIERS
DRILL SHIPS
ENDEAVOR
ERNST KRENKEL
EVRIKA
GEORGE R. PEARKES
GEORGIY USHAKOV
GREBE
HALF MOON BAY
HELICOPTER
HUDSON
ICE STATION
JOHN P. TULLY
KEY WEST II
MARTHA L. BLACK
MIKHAIL LOMONOSOV
MUSSON
NEW HORIZON
NOAA Ship Albatross IV
OSHORO MARU
PANDORA II
PIERRE RADISSON
POLAR EXPLORER
POLYNESIA
ROSSEL CURRENT
RV Alpha Helix
RV Polarstern
SEA-LAND DEFENDER
SEATECH II
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
SUB SIG II
TAI HE
THOMAS G. THOMPSON
UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF CANADA
VECTOR
VELELLA
VILNYUS
ВИКТОР БУГАЕВ (VICTOR BUGAEV, VIKTOR BUGAYEV)

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