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OAS accession Detail for 8300038, meta_version: 2. Current meta_version is: 20
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| Title: | Physical, temperature profile, meteorological, and other data from bottle and XBT from the L. MCCORMICK as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) project from 14 September 1981 to 05 March 1983 (NODC Accession No. - 8300038) |
| Abstract: | Physical, temperature profile, meteorological, and other data were collected from CTD and XBT casts from the L. MCCORMICK from 14 September 1981 to 05 March 1983. Data were collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and other institutions as part of the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment and Prediction (MARMAP) and WARM CORE RINGS projects. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD Output(F022) and the Universal bathythermograph Output (UBT) formats. Full format descriptions are available from the NODC homepage at www.nodc.noaa.gov/.
This 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. The UBT format contains temperature-depth profile data obtained using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments. Cruise information, position, date and time were reported for each observation. The data records are comprised of pairs of temperature-depth values. The XBT data files contain temperature values at non-uniform depths. These depths were recorded at the minimum number of points (''''inflection points'''') required to accurately define the temperature curve. Standard XBTs can obtain profiles to depths of 450 m or 760 m. Special instruments permitted measurements to 1830 m. |
| Date received: | 19830317 |
| Start date: | 19810914 |
| End date: | 19830305 |
| Seanames: | |
| West boundary: | -135.6 |
| East boundary: | -62 |
| North boundary: | 43.3 |
| South boundary: | 21 |
| Observation types: | physical, profile |
| Instrument types: | bathythermograph - BT, bathythermograph - XBT, CTD, meteorological sensor, transmissometer |
| Datatypes: | DISSOLVED OXYGEN, OXYGEN, PRESSURE - WATER, SALINITY, TEMPERATURE - WATER, WATER TEMPERATURE |
| Submitter: | |
| Submitting institution: | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Narragansett Laboratory, US Navy; Ships of Opportunity, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Contributing projects: | MARMAP, UNKNOWN - DO NOT USE, WARM CORE RINGS |
| Platforms: | ANTRIM (321G), BARBEY (32BB), ENDEAVOR (32EV), FLATLEY (32F7), Lynde McCormick (31KQ), YANKEE CLIPPER (32YA) |
| 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, the NODC reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. 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 Contact info: Agency: US NAVY; SHIPS OF OPPORTUNITY Address: address: 4640 JEWEL ST., 204 city: SAN DIEGO state: CA postal: 92109-31331 country: UNITED STATES Contact info: Agency: US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE - NARRAGANSETT Address: address: 28 TARZWELL DRIVE city: NARRAGANSETT state: RI postal: 02882 country: UNITED STATES |
| Availability date: | 19830317 |
| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00 |
| Editdate: | 2006-12-18 15:46:39+00 |