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OAS accession Detail for 7900270
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| Title: | Current direction, zooplankton, wind wave spectra, benthic organisms, and other data from moored current meter casts and other instruments in the Gulf of Mexico during the Brine Disposal project, 1977-10-18 to 1979-05-01 (NCEI Accession 7900270) |
| Abstract: | Current direction, zooplankton, benthic organisms, wind wave spectra, and other data were collected using moored current meter casts and other instruments in the Gulf of Mexico from February 17, 1981 to June 22, 1982. Data were submitted by Texas A&M University as part of the Brine Disposal project. Data has been processed by NODC to the standard NODC F005- Current Meter Data, F028- Phytoplankton, F123- Fish Shellfish Resource, F124- Zooplankton, and F132- Benthic Organisms formats. The F005 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents obtained using moored current-measuring instruments, principally Aanderaa current meters (manufactured by Aanderaa Instruments Inc.). These data represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed mooring point and measure flow past the sensor. Position, water depth, and sensor depth are reported for each station. The data record comprises values of current direction and speed at specified date and time. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10-15 minute time intervals. Other environmental parameters may also be reported. These include: water temperature, salinity, conductivity, and transmissivity; wind direction and speed; and dominant wave direction, height, and period. A text field is available for optional comments. The F124 format is used for data from sampling and analysis of marine zooplankton. Information on zooplankton abundance, distribution, and productivity derived from these data support studies of marine populations and ecosystems. Data reported may include: cruise information, position, date, and time of sampling; bottom depth, sampling depths, temperature, and salinity; gear type, volume of water filtered, total dry and wet weight, and other data for total haul; and data for subsamples by species. Data on zooplankton catch by species may include subsample size, zooplankton concentration, life history code, and numbers of adults, juveniles, eggs, and larvae. Estimated density of holoplankton and meroplankton and data on ichthyoplankton may also be reported. A text record is available for comments. Note: there are two options for reporting subsample counts of individuals at different life history stages. If life history codes are used, only number of adults should be reported on that record. Additional separate records should then be used to report number of juveniles and so on. Alternatively, life history codes may not be used and number of adults, juveniles, and so entered in the proper fields of a single record. The F132 format contains data from field sampling or surveys of bottom dwelling marine organisms. The data provide information on species abundance, distribution, and biomass; they may have been collected by point sampling (grab or core), by tow (dredge, trawl or net), by photographic surveys, or by other methods. Cruise information such as vessel, start and end dates, investigator, and institution/agency; station numbers, positions and times; and equipment and methods are reported for each survey. Environmental data reported at each sampling site may include meteorological and sea surface conditions; surface and bottom temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen; and sediment characteristics. Number of individual organisms and total weight of organisms is reported for each species. A text record is available for comments. The F191 format is used to report meteorological data and ocean wave spectra data from NDBO. The format contains seven data record types to: 1) Identify the buoy for position, duration, rate of sampling and heading. 2) Identify the meteorological parameters (temperature, pressure, weather, solar radiation, and surface waves). 3) Report time series frequency, density and resolution of waves. Each record is 120 characters in length, sorted by station and record type. The first nine columns for all records are to be used for file type (columns 1-3) and file identifier (column 4-9). The file identifier, to be assigned by the originator, is a unique originator id for each data submission. After submission, the NODC reassigns to this field a unique NODC identifier for internal use. |
| Date received: | 19790905 |
| Start date: | 19771018 |
| End date: | 19790501 |
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| West boundary: | -95.32 |
| East boundary: | -91.7 |
| North boundary: | 29.7 |
| South boundary: | 28.78 |
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| Submitter: | Hann Jr., Roy W. |
| Submitting institution: | Texas A&M University; College Station |
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| 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: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: COLLEGE STATION state: TX postal: 77843-3146 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: DAMES AND MOORE, INC. - BETHESDA Address: address: 7101 WISCONSIN AVENUE city: BETHESDA state: MD postal: 20814-4805 country: USA Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER Address: address: BLDG. 1100 city: STENNIS SPACE CENTER state: MS postal: 39529-6000 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: LGL LTD.; ALASKA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. Address: address: 101-4175 TUDOR CENTRE DRIVE city: ANCHORAGE state: AK postal: 99507 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT, INC. PI: 16 Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: FORT WORTH state: TX postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19790905 |
| Metadata version: | 12 |
| Keydate: | 2003-10-24 17:28:49+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-02-18 17:12:15+00 |