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Title: Temperature profile data from STD/CTD casts from the KANA KEOKI and other platforms from the Atlantic Ocean during the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project, 1977-11-10 to 1978-02-14 (NCEI Accession 8100432)
Abstract: Temperature and salinity profile data were collected using STD/CTD casts from KANA KEOKI and other platforms in the Pacific Ocean from November 10, 1977 to February 14, 1978. Data were submitted by University of Washington as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration / North Pacific Experiment (IDOE/NORPAX) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution STD/CTD Data (F022) format.

The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.
Date received: 19860317
Start date: 19771110
End date: 19780214
Seanames: North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 149.48
East boundary: -149
North boundary: 21
South boundary: -17.02
Observation types: physical, profile
Instrument types: CTD, meteorological sensor, Secchi disk, transmissometer
Datatypes: SALINITY, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Taft, Dr. Bruce A.
Submitting institution: University of Washington
Collecting institutions: University of Washington
Contributing projects: IDOE/NORPAX
Platforms: KANA KEOKI (32KK)
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: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - SEATTLE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: MARINE SCIENCES BUILDING
city: SEATTLE
state: WA
postal: 98195
country: UNITED STATES
Availability date: 19860317
Metadata version: 8
Keydate: 2003-10-24 17:31:17+00
Editdate: 2023-02-06 22:47:40+00