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Title: Current and other data from meters attached to fixed platforms in Bristol Bay, Alaska, as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 1975-09-07 to 1975-11-01 (NCEI Accession 7600745)
Abstract: Current and other data were collected from meters attached to fixed platforms in Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska, by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). Data were collected as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) Bristol Bay Oceanographic Processes (B-BOP) project from 07 September 1975 to 01 November 1975. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 Current Meter Components format. An analog file for this accession is available.

The F015 format contains time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record includes values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10 - 15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.
Date received: 19760401
Start date: 19750907
End date: 19751101
Seanames: Bering Sea
West boundary: -168.233333
East boundary: -168.233333
North boundary: 58.616667
South boundary: 58.616667
Observation types: continuous, current measurements, physical, time series
Instrument types: current meter, mooring, thermistor
Datatypes: CURRENT METER - DIRECTION, CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V), WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Tripp, Dr Richard B.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Contributing projects: OCSEAP
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F)
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.

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Contact info:
Agency: US DOC; NOAA; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY
PI: N/A
Address:
address: 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, BLDG 32
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98115-0070
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19760401
Metadata version: 13
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:23:23+00
Editdate: 2022-08-06 13:59:12+00