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Title: Temperature profile and other data collected using bottle and CTD casts from the HMAS DERWENT and other platforms from a world-wide distribution during the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project, 03 August 1904 to 31 December 1964 (NODC Accession 6400000)
Abstract: Oceanographic Station Data, temperature, and other data were collected using CTD and bottle casts from HMAS DERWENT and other platforms in a world-wide distribution from August 3, 1904 to December 31, 1964. Data were submitted by Australia Navy as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Oceanographic Station Data (SD2) and the Universal Bathythermograph Output (UBT) formats. Full format descriptions are available at nodc.noaa.gov/.

The Oceanographic Station Data format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity- temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity , but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.
Date received: 19641231
Start date: 19040803
End date: 19641231
Seanames:
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 81.6
South boundary: -77.9
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Submitter: Searle, Mr. Ben J.
Submitting institution: Royal Australian Navy
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Supplementary information: The publication(s) listed below are related to the data collection and are available from the NOAA Central Library.

Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Bravo 56 degrees 30'N., 51 degrees 00'W., January-April 1964. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1965. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Bravo 56 degrees 30'N., 51 degrees 00'W., January-April 1964).

Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic standard monitoring sections, 1964-1966. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1969. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic standard monitoring sections, 1964-1966).

Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Charlie, 52 degrees 45'N., 35 degrees 30'W., June 1964-January 1965. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1966. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at Oceanographic observations, North Atlantic Ocean Station Charlie, 52 degrees 45'N., 35 degrees 30'W., June 1964-January 1965).

Oceanographic observations, North Pacific Ocean Station Victor, 34 degrees 00' N., 164 degrees 00' E., December 1964-August 1966. Washington, D.C. : United States Coast Guard, Oceanographic Unit, 1968. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at Oceanographic observations, North Pacific Ocean Station Victor, 34 degrees 00' N., 164 degrees 00' E., December 1964-August 1966).

A report concerning data obtained July 1963-June 1964. Miami, Fla. : Institute of Marine Science, Marine Laboratory, University of Miami, [1965]. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at A report concerning data obtained July 1963-June 1964).

Physical, chemical, and biological data from the northeast Pacific Ocean : Columbia River effluent area, 1964. [Seattle, Wash. : University of Washington, Dept. of Oceanography], 1966. (NOAA Library catalog link, last accessed on March 17 2009 at Physical, chemical, and biological data from the northeast Pacific Ocean : Columbia River effluent area, 1964).

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, the NODC reviews metadata for all
accessions on an ongoing basis.


Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: AUSTRALIAN NAVY
PI: Searle, Mr. Ben
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: NOT AVAILABLE
state: NOT AVAILABLE
postal: NOT AVAILABLE
country: AUSTRALIA
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: LA JOLLA
state: CA
postal: 92093-0955
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY
Address:
address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204
city: SAN DIEGO
state: CA
postal: 92109-31331
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY
Address:
address: ROUTE 9W
city: PALISADES
state: NY
postal: 10964
country: UNITED STATES
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
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Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
Address:
Availability date: 19641231
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:25:31+00
Editdate: 2009-04-01 14:49:58+00