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Gridded in situ, meteorological, optical, physical and profile data collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution at OceanSITES site NTAS from 2001-03-31 to 2018-06-15 (NCEI Accession 0186714)


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            title:  Gridded in situ, meteorological, optical, physical and profile data collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution at OceanSITES site NTAS from 2001-03-31 to 2018-06-15 (NCEI Accession 0186714)
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        abstract:  In situ, meteorological, optical, physical and profile oceanographic data were collected, including AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, CONDUCTIVITY, CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), DEPTH - OBSERVATION, FLUX - HEAT, INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION, LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, LONGWAVE IRRADIANCE - NET, PRECIPITATION RATE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SHORTWAVE IRRADIANCE - NET, WATER TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED and wind stress from Moored Buoy at the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS) using ADCP, CTD - moored CTD, anemometer, barometers, meteorological sensors, pyranometer and thermistor from 2001-03-31 to 2018-06-15. These data were provided to one of the OceanSITES Data Assembly Centers (DAC). The DAC formatted this information into the OceanSITES file format and passed it on to the Global Data Assembly Centers (GDAC). OceanSITES is a worldwide system of long-term, open-ocean reference stations measuring dozens of variables and monitoring the full depth of the ocean from air-sea interactions down to the seafloor. It is a network of stations or observatories measuring many aspects of the ocean's surface and water column using, where possible, automated systems with advanced sensors and telecommunications systems, yielding high time resolution, often in real-time, while building a long record.
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                        title:  NCEI Accession 0186714 v1.1
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                                    description:  published 2019-03-22T15:58:12Z
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                description:  NCEI Accession 0186714 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                rationale:  Updates were received for this dataset. 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.
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                  DateTime:  2019-09-13T09:07:22Z
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                        title:  NCEI Accession 0186714 v2.2
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                                    description:  published 2019-09-13T09:07:22Z
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    metadataMaintenance:  (MD_MaintenanceInformation)
        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness.
        maintenanceNote:  NCEI Accession 0186714 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest 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. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made.
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            organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) custodian
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  ADCP
            type:  ADCP
            description:  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements.
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  anemometer
            type:  anemometer
            description:  measures wind speed An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed. Note that an aerovane (insttypes_id 175) is an anemometer which has a tail and a propeller to measure the speed and direction of the wind.
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  barometer
            type:  barometer
            description:  Barometers are instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure; two types include mercury barometers and aneroid barometers.
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  CTD - moored CTD
            type:  CTD - moored CTD
            description:  CTD - moored CTD
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  meteorological sensor
            type:  meteorological sensor
            description:  Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc.
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  pyranometer
            type:  pyranometer
            description:  Instrument that measure solar radiation.
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  thermistor
            type:  thermistor
            description:  electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  moored buoys
            description:  created for MOORED BUOYS OF ITALY, but became used as a generic MOORED BUOY keyword. see platforms_id 13759.
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