Ocean observation data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ships Oceanus, Knorr, and Atlantis, in seas world-wide from 1993-06-26 to 2011-08-05
These datasets are a collection of ocean observation data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ships OCEANUS (call sign WXAQ; built 1975.00; IMO 7603617), KNORR (call sign KCEJ; built 1970.00; IMO 7738618), and ATLANTIS (call sign KAQP; built 1997.03; IMO 9105798). The datasets are the downloads of the shipboard computers after an individual cruise and archived by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) WHOI Library, as part of the WHOI Data Library and Archives (DLA). The datasets contain basic raw and processed physical and meteorological data from the cruise. These datasets may include XBT, CTD, and XCTD profiles, underway thermosalinograph and atmospheric measurements, gravity and magnetic field measurements, current measurements from ADCP, and still photographs from the Alvin submersible (ATLANTIS cruises only). Other data types (ROV, nutrients measured from bottle samples, etc.) and photographs documenting the cruise may be included.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Rioux, Margaret A.; Dorsk, Alexander; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2008). Ocean observation data from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ships Oceanus, Knorr, and Atlantis, in seas world-wide from 1993-06-26 to 2011-08-05. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/WHOI-MBL-DLA-Cruise. Accessed [date].
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gov.noaa.nodc:WHOI-MBL-DLA-Cruise
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Time Period | 1993-06-26 to 2011-08-05 |
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates |
West: -179.394382
East: 73.335522
South: -62.020531
North: 80.217746
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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 |
Supplemental Information | The cruise datasets consist of directories, each of which may contain scientifically valuable data from the cruise. The main identified directories and the data they contain are listed below. Each cruise dataset may contain one or more of the following (note that the directory names are all capitalized here; in the cruise dataset they may be all capitalized, all lower case, or a combination): Meteorological and thermosalinograph: ATHENA90 - contains meteorological data from the IMET (Improved Meteorological Package), which includes the following: SST, air temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, solar radiation, long wave radiation, humidity, precipitation, aerosol levels, sea surface conductivity (salinity). Comment: This is the same information found in ATHENA and/or CALLIOPE in a special format. ATHENA - see ATHENA90. This is the same information, in another format. CALLIOPE - see ATHENA90. This is the same information, in another format. ATHENA99 - same as ATHENA90. Currents: ADCP - Acoustic Doppler current profiler, measures current speed and current direction. ADCP75 - same as ADCP, different format (including binary). ADCP_DATA - same as ADCP Hydrographic profiles: CTD - Conductivity-Temperature-Depth. Measures profiles of ocean temperature, salinity, pressure and sometimes oxygen, transmissivity, and fluorescence. These data may be in a processed form (ASCII CSV format) or unprocessed binary files (output from the Seasoft software). SIPPICAN_XCTD - same data as CTD, different format (including binary). XBT - Expendable bathythermograph, used to measure ocean temperature profiles. The type of XBT is noted in individual files. These data may be in the form of processed ASCII files or binary files. XCTD - Expendable bathythermograph, used to measure ocean temperature and salinity profiles. Has the same ASCII and binary format as XBT data. SALT-O2 - Salinity and dissolved oxygen measurements from salinometers and oxygen titration hydrographic analysis instruments. MOCNESS - Multiple Opening and Closing Net, with an Environmental Sensing System: sensors report conductivity (salinity), temperature, depth, and chlorophyll, oxygen and light levels. Bathymetry: CENTERBEAM - SeaBeam multibeam echosounder, bathymetric and sidescan data. SEABEAM - SeaBeam multibeam echosounder, bathymetric and sidescan data. KNUDSEN - Knudsen echosounder for measuring bathymetry. Alvin submersible: ALVIN - photographic stills from Alvin. ALVIN_EXT_STILLS - photographic stills from Alvin. ALV_EXT_STILLS - photographic stills from Alvin. ALV_EXTERNAL_STILLS - photographic stills from Alvin. ALVIN_EXTERNAL_STILLS - photographic stills from Alvin. 3### - (any directory 3000 - 3999) dive information from numbered dive of Alvin. 4### - (any directory 4000 - 4999) dive information from numbered dive of Alvin. 5### - (any directory 5000 - 5999) dive information from numbered dive of Alvin. Gravity/magnetic field: MAGNETOMETER - measurements of Earth's magnetic field. MAGNETOMOETER - same as MAGNETOMETER MAGNETICS - same as MAGNETOMETER GRAVITY - measurements of Earth's gravitational field. GRAVITY_DATA - same as GRAVITY Miscellaneous: SHARE - shared files utilized on the cruise. SCRIPTS - shared resources; shells. DOCS - documents for cruise, instrumentation. SCIENCE - miscellaneous documents saved to disk by science team. SHIPTRACK - navigational information. TERASCAN - satellite data uploaded from another source. They are not unique cruise data. Cruise photographs: CRUISE_PARTICIPANTS - photos and biographies of cruise participants. CRUISE_PICTURES - cruise photographs. PICTURES - photographs from cruise. IMAGES - photographs. |
Purpose | This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. |
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