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HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, SALINITY and PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION PROFILES collected from R/V Pelagia and R/V E.O. Wilson in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19 (NCEI Accession 0244416)

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Eight conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) casts made from R/V Pelagia and R/V E.O. Wilson in mouth of Mobile Bay and its environs, 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19. The field campaign was part of a long-standing effort to understand the nature of buoyant freshwater plumes in shallow micro-tidal environments. Stations were re-occupied up to six times in the mouth of and just outside Mobile Bay, Alabama. Data include profiles of pressure, temperature, conductivity, salinity, oxygen, pH, beam attentuation, beam transmission, and particulate concentration and size distribution; measurements were obtained with a SeaBird SBE19+, a Seabird SBE25 Sealogger, and a LASER In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometry 100-X (LISST). CTD profiles are provided in cnv format, while total suspended solids, particle concentration, and particle size distribution are provided in plain ASCII text.
  • Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Lockridge, Grant; Dysktra, Steven; Wiggert, Jerry D.; O'Brien, Stephan J.; Wallace, Davin J. (2022). HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, SALINITY and PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION PROFILES collected from R/V Pelagia and R/V E.O. Wilson in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19 (NCEI Accession 0244416). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0244416. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -88.1586
East: -87.0271
South: 29.7742
North: 30.2471
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Steven Dykstra. (2016). CTD profile data, Mobile Bay main pass, April 9, 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7154ff5
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Steven Dykstra. (2016). CTD profiles collected during Spring survey, April 5 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n79c6vtc
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Steven Dykstra and Grant Lockridge. (2016). CTD data at Main Pass, Mobile Bay, April 19, 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n75x279z
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Steven Dykstra. (2016). CTD data on Alabama shelf, April 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7sq8xs9
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Steven Dykstra. (2016). CTD data at Main Pass, Mobile Bay, April 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7nz862c
  • Brian Dzwonkowski, Steven Dykstra, Stephan O'Brien, and Grant Lockridge. (2016). CTD profiles, Main Pass, Mobile Bay, Alabama, April 3, 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7d50kct
  • Jerry D. Wiggert, Stephan J. O’Brien, Steve Dykstra, Brian Dzwonkowski, Davin J. Wallace and Grant Lockridge. (2017). Total Suspended Solids in situ data, northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay river plume, March-April 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n74q7s2z
  • Jerry D. Wiggert, Stephan J. O’Brien, Steve Dykstra, Brian Dzwonkowski, Davin J. Wallace and Grant Lockridge. (2016). LISST-100X (type B) grain size distribution, sediment distribution, Mobile Bay river plume, March-April 2016 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7d798f3
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2022-01-07
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 The CTD survey was conducted to understand the nature of buoyant freshwater plumes in shallow micro-tidal environments, while the particle size measurements support efforts to characterize the physical fields influenced by pulsed river discharge.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Lockridge, Grant; Dysktra, Steven; Wiggert, Jerry D.; O'Brien, Stephan J.; Wallace, Davin J. (2022). HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, SALINITY and PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION PROFILES collected from R/V Pelagia and R/V E.O. Wilson in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19 (NCEI Accession 0244416). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0244416. Accessed [date].
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  • Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
  • Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative
Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider Keywords
  • CONDUCTIVITY - PROFILE
  • DISSOLVED OXYGEN - RAW
  • Particle Size Mean
  • Particle Size Standard Deviation
  • Particle Surface Area
  • Scan count
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution - D60
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D10
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D16
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D50
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D90
  • Sediment - Particle Size Distribution Ratio
  • Sediment - Partlcle Size Distribution D84
  • Silt Density
  • Silt Volume
  • Specific Conductance
  • TEMPERATURE - WATER - PROFILE
  • Time - Elapsed Time
  • Total Suspended Solids
  • Volume concentration
  • WATER DENSITY profile
  • beam attentuation
  • salinity profile
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes Provider Platform Names
  • R/V E.O. Wilson
  • R/V Pelagia
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords Provider Instruments
  • CTD - specific model
  • LISST-100X (type B)
  • Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometry 100-X
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Provider Project Names
  • Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Keywords Send2NCEI Submission Package ID
  • MXW9WP
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Lockridge, Grant; Dysktra, Steven; Wiggert, Jerry D.; O'Brien, Stephan J.; Wallace, Davin J. (2022). HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, SALINITY and PARTICULATE CONCENTRATION AND SIZE DISTRIBUTION PROFILES collected from R/V Pelagia and R/V E.O. Wilson in the Gulf of Mexico from 2016-03-22 to 2016-04-19 (NCEI Accession 0244416). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0244416. Accessed [date].
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  • 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.
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  • 2022-01-07T19:49:00Z - NCEI Accession 0244416 v1.1 was published.
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  • Parameter or Variable: HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (measured); Units: dbar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaBird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: TEMPERATURE - WATER - PROFILE (measured); Units: degrees C; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaBird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: CONDUCTIVITY - PROFILE (measured); Units: Siemens/m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaBird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: salinity profile (measured); Units: psu; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED OXYGEN (measured); Units: mg/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE43
  • Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED OXYGEN - RAW (measured); Units: V; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE43
  • Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE43
  • Parameter or Variable: pH (measured); Units: pH; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD
  • Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - OBSERVATION (calculated); Units: m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Latitude 0
  • Parameter or Variable: Specific Conductance (measured); Units: microsiemens/cm; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: Time - Elapsed Time (measured); Units: s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: WATER DENSITY profile (measured); Units: kg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: beam attentuation (measured); Units: 1/m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: transmissometer; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Chelsea/Seatech transmissometer
  • Parameter or Variable: Scan count (measured); Units: enum; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+
  • Parameter or Variable: Total Suspended Solids (measured); Units: micrograms/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometry 100-X
  • Parameter or Variable: Volume concentration (measured); Units: microliter/liter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Particle Size Mean (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Particle Size Standard Deviation (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Particle Surface Area (measured); Units: cm^2/liter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Silt Density (measured); Units: unitless; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Silt Volume (measured); Units: microliter/liter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D10 (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D16 (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D50 (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution - D60 (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Partlcle Size Distribution D84 (measured); Units: micro-atmosphere; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution D90 (measured); Units: micrometer; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B)
  • Parameter or Variable: Sediment - Particle Size Distribution Ratio (measured); Units: unitless; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: LISST-100X (type B); Sampling and Analyzing Method: D60/D10
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • CTD
  • transmissometer
Platform
  • R/V E. O. Wilson
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