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OAS accession Detail for 7700635
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| Title: | Physical, chemical, and other data from bottle and XBT casts from the DIAMOND SHOALS and other platforms as part of the Outer Continental Shelf - South Atlantic project from 1958-01-01 to 1975-10-18 (NCEI Accession 7700635) |
| Abstract: | Physical, chemical, and other data from CTD and XBT casts from the DIAMOND SHOALS and other platforms. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard and other institutions as part of the Outer Continental Shelf - South Atlantic project from 01 January 1958 to 18 October 1975. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Station Data II Output Format (SD2) and the NODC standard Current Meter (Components) (F015) formats. The SD2 file format is used for 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%), 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, position, date and time are reported for each station. Each station contains the measurements taken at observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels. 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: | 19770818 |
| Start date: | 19580101 |
| End date: | 19751018 |
| Seanames: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| West boundary: | -80.66 |
| East boundary: | -75.3 |
| North boundary: | 35.15 |
| South boundary: | 28.01 |
| Observation types: | chemical, physical, profile, time series, water chemistry |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, meteorological sensor, mooring, thermistor |
| Datatypes: | HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, SALINITY, SIGMA-T, SOUND VELOCITY, water depth, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | United States Coast Guard |
| Collecting institutions: | E. I. Dupont de Nemours, Inc., United States Coast Guard, University of Rhode Island; Graduate School of Oceanography |
| Contributing projects: | OCS-SOUTH ATLANTIC |
| Platforms: | DIAMOND SHOALS (31D1), FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F), FRYING PAN SHOALS (31FR), SAVANNAH (31VN) |
| 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 dataset include: Contact info: Agency: US COAST GUARD PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: GROTON state: CT postal: 06340 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND; GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: NARRAGANSETT state: RI postal: 02882-1197 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: E. I. DUPONT DENEMOURS, INC. Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: AIKEN state: SC postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19770818 |
| Metadata version: | 14 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:26:10+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-10-16 16:19:32+00 |