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Title: Temperature profile data collected using current meter, mooring, and thermistor casts from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean in part of the IDOE/POLYMODE (International Decade of Ocean Exploration / combination of USSR POLYGON project and US MODE) from 1977-06-12 to 1979-09-01 (NCEI Accession 8200246)
Abstract: Temperature were collected using current meter, mooring, thermistor casts from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from June 12, 1977 to September 1, 1979. Data were submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the IDOE/POLYMODE (International Decade of Ocean Exploration / combination of USSR POLYGON project). The file format is NODC F015 - Current Meter Data (Components).

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: 19820220
Start date: 19770612
End date: 19790901
Seanames: North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -49.23
East boundary: -40.35
North boundary: 28.02
South boundary: 26.16
Observation types: continuous, current measurements, physical, time series
Instrument types: current meter, mooring, thermistor
Datatypes: WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Payne, Dr. Richard E.
Submitting institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Collecting institutions: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contributing projects: IDOE/POLYMODE
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F)
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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Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE
PI: N/A
Address:
address: NOT AVAILABLE
city: WOODS HOLE
state: MA
postal: 02543
country: UNITED STATES

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date: 19890825
Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
Editdate: 2024-03-04 13:28:08+00