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Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship WHITING and NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL in the Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific from 1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05 (NCEI Accession 9200034)

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The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other SEACAT data were collected from Gulf of Mexico, NE Pacific (limit-180). Data was collected from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL, and NOAA Ship WHITING. The data containing 7 casts was collected over a period spanning from May 27, 1991 and September 5, 1991. Data was submitted in three diskettes by National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD.

This data set contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-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 1 m. 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. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: US DOC/NOAA > National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD (2002). Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship WHITING and NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL in the Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific from 1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05 (NCEI Accession 9200034). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200034. Accessed [date].

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gov.noaa.nodc:9200034

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Distribution Formats	F022 File Specification: High-Resolution CTD/STD Output Format (F022)
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Distributor	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov
Dataset Point of Contact	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov

Time Period	1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -96.07 East: -55.33 South: 18.77 North: 29
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General Documentation	NCEI Dataset Landing Page Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. Descriptive Information Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.
Associated Resources	US National Oceanographic Data Center (2023). NODC Standard Product: Documentation for NODC Standard File Formats and Related Codes, 1960 - 1996 (NCEI Accession 0189890). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0189890 documentation

Publication Dates	publication: 2002-11-19 revision: 2023-02-15
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 - NCEI Accession 9200034 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.
Supplemental 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. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE - ROCKVILLE PI: N/A Address: address: 6001 EXECUTIVE BLVD. city: ROCKVILLE state: MD postal: NOT AVAILABLE 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.
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: US DOC/NOAA > National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD (2002). Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship WHITING and NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL in the Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific from 1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05 (NCEI Accession 9200034). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200034. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	US DOC/NOAA > National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Contributors	US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Resource Providers	US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB BAROMETRIC PRESSURE cloud amount/frequency cloud type 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 NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS physical profile WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD 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/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Discoverer NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell NOAA Ship Whiting Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords Ships ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) MT. MITCHELL (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 31M7, 1968-1995) WHITING (call sign: WTEW, ICES code: 31WH, 1963-2003)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS CTD meteorological sensor Secchi disk transmissometer Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS TRANSMISSOMETERS
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 9200034

Use Constraints	Cite as: US DOC/NOAA > National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD (2002). Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship WHITING and NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL in the Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific from 1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05 (NCEI Accession 9200034). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9200034. 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.

Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps	2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 v1.1 was published. 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 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. 2023-02-15T00:29:28Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 was revised and v2.3 was published. Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ 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 9200034 v1.1 NCEI Accession 9200034 v1.1 (download) published 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.2 NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.2 (download) published 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.3 NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.3 (download) published 2023-02-15T00:29:28Z

Lineage information for: dataset

Processing Steps

2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 v1.1 was published.
2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 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.
2023-02-15T00:29:28Z - NCEI Accession 9200034 was revised and v2.3 was published.
Rationale: Additional metadata files were received or created for this dataset. These updates were copied into the about/ 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 9200034 v1.1
- NCEI Accession 9200034 v1.1 (download)
  published 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z

NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.2
- NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.2 (download)
  published 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z

NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.3
- NCEI Accession 9200034 v2.3 (download)
  published 2023-02-15T00:29:28Z

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.

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.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	CTD meteorological sensor Secchi disk transmissometer
Platform	NOAA Ship Discoverer NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell NOAA Ship Whiting

Last Modified: 2025-03-19T23:06:09Z
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Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from NOAA Ship DISCOVERER, NOAA Ship WHITING and NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL in the Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific from 1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05 (NCEI Accession 9200034)

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