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OAS accession Detail for 7601633, meta_version: 6. Current meta_version is: 10
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| Title: | Current data collected in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1981 (NCEI Accession 7601633) |
| Abstract: | Current data collected for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Brine Disposal Analysis project in September 1981. Data has been been processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 - Current Meter Data Format (Components) format. The F015 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent 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 comprises 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 and negative directions west and south. 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: | 19980908 |
| Start date: | 19810901 |
| End date: | 19810930 |
| Seanames: | Gulf of Mexico |
| West boundary: | -95.322222 |
| East boundary: | -93.388333 |
| North boundary: | 29.671111 |
| South boundary: | 28.794444 |
| Observation types: | continuous, current measurements, physical, time series |
| Instrument types: | current meter |
| Datatypes: | CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V), DEPTH - SENSOR |
| Submitter: | Beacht, William L. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center |
| Contributing projects: | BRINE DISPOSAL |
| Platforms: | |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary information: | These data files are in NODC F005 format. This format is described at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f005.html and the codes used in this format are listed at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f005.txt. 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: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER PI: N/A Address: address: BLDG. 1100 city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER state: MS postal: 39529-6000 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19980908 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2022-09-08 15:23:18+00 |