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OAS accession Detail for 8000029
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| Title: | Current direction, marine toxic substances, and other data from current meters and grab casts from the GUSS III and other platforms in support of the Brine Disposal project from 1977-10-20 to 1979-04-16 (NCEI Accession 8000029) |
| Abstract: | Current direction, marine toxic substances, and other data from were collected from current meters and grab casts from the GUSS III and other platforms from 20 October 1977 to 16 April 1979. Data were submitted by the Science Applications, Inc. - Raleigh NC (SAI) in support of the Brine Disposal project. Data has been processed by NODC to the standard NODC F005- Current Meter Data and the F144- Marine Toxic Substances formats. The F005 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents obtained using moored current-measuring instruments, principally Aanderaa current meters (manufactured by Aanderaa Instruments Inc.). These data represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed mooring point and measure flow past the sensor. Position, water depth, and sensor depth are reported for each station. The data record comprises values of current direction and speed at specified date and time. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10-15 minute time intervals. Other environmental parameters may also be reported. These include: water temperature, salinity, conductivity, and transmissivity; wind direction and speed; and dominant wave direction, height, and period. A text field is available for optional comments. The F144 format contains data on ambient concentrations of toxic substances and other pollutants in the marine environment. The data derive from laboratory analyses of samples of water, sediment, or marine organisms. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during ocean monitoring surveys of large areas. Field observations of tar deposits on beaches may also be reported. Survey information includes platform type, start and end dates, and investigator and institution. If data are collected near a discharge site, discharge location, depth, distance to shore, average volume, and other characteristics are reported. Position, date, time and environmental conditions are reported for each sample station. Environmental data may include meteorological and sea surface conditions, tide stage and height, depth of the thermocline or mixed layer surface temperature and salinity, and wave height and periods. Sample characteristics, collection methods, and laboratory techniques are reported for each sample collected and analyzed. The data record comprises concentration values (or a code to indicate trace amounts) for each chemical substance analyzed. Chemical substances are identified by codes based on the registry numbers assigned by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society. Marine organisms from which samples have been taken are identified using the 12-digit NODC Taxonomic Code. A text record is available for optional comments. |
| Date received: | 19800303 |
| Start date: | 19771020 |
| End date: | 19790416 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -94.14 |
| East boundary: | -91.7 |
| North boundary: | 29.7 |
| South boundary: | 29.06 |
| Observation types: | continuous, current measurements, physical, profile, time series |
| Instrument types: | current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, mooring, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, thermistor, visual analysis |
| Datatypes: | BEACH TAR, BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED, BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS, BOTTOM TYPE, CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES, CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT METER - DIRECTION, CURRENT METER - SPEED, CURRENT SPEED, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY, EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY, EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, TAXONOMIC CODE, water depth |
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| Submitting institution: | Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC |
| Collecting institutions: | Energy Resources Company, Inc., Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC, Southwest Research Institute |
| Contributing projects: | BRINE DISPOSAL |
| Platforms: | FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), GUS III (31G3) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary 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: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, INC. - RALEIGH NC PI: N/A Address: address: 4900 WATERS EDGE DRIVE, SUITE 255 city: RALEIGH state: NC postal: 27606 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: SOUTH WEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE - SAN ANTONIO Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: SAN ANTONIO state: TX postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: ENERGY RESOURCES CO. INC. PI: 283 Address: address: 185 ALEWIFE BROOK PARKWAY city: CAMBRIDGE state: MA postal: 02138 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19800303 |
| Metadata version: | 10 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:29:12+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-09-28 05:08:12+00 |