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Title: Marine toxic substance and other data from the Gulf of Alaska from the MOANA WAVE as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program from 1976-06-25 to 1976-07-08 (NCEI Accession 7601849)
Abstract: Marine toxic substance and other data were collected in the Gulf of Alaska from the MOANA WAVE. Data were collected by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program (OCSEAP) from 25 June 1976 to 08 July 1976. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F144 Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants format. An analog file for this accession is located at NODC in Silver Spring, MD.

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: 19761201
Start date: 19760625
End date: 19760708
Seanames: Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea
West boundary: -170
East boundary: -160
North boundary: 80
South boundary: 60
Observation types: profile
Instrument types: current meter, hydrometer, laboratory analysis, meteorological sensor, salinometer, sediment sampler - corer, sediment sampler - grab, tide gauge, visual analysis
Datatypes: AIR TEMPERATURE, BEACH TAR, BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED, BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS, BEACH TAR - INTERTIDAL DISTANCE, BEACH TAR - LENGTH OF SHOREFRONT, BEACH TAR - SEASHORE SURFACE, BEACH TAR - WATERLINE TO SAMPLE DISTANCE, BOTTOM TYPE, CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES, CURRENT DIRECTION, 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, SALINITY, SEA STATE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE, SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX, TAXONOMIC CODE, THERMOCLINE DEPTH, TIDE HEIGHT, TIDE STAGE, water depth, WATER TRANSPARENCY, WAVE HEIGHT, WAVE PERIOD, WIND DIRECTION, WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING, WIND SPEED
Submitter: Cline, Joel
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Contributing projects: OCSEAP
Platforms: MOANA WAVE (32MW)
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: 19761201
Metadata version: 11
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:24:56+00
Editdate: 2024-09-02 18:19:14+00