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Title: Marine Pigments, Productivity, and Associated Chemistry Data Dictionary Release 4.0 from North American Coastline-South from 1965-01-01 to 1992-12-31 (NCEI Accession 9300056)
Abstract: This dataset consists of Marine Data Dictionary, Release 4.0, including phytoplankton pigments, primary productivity, and associated marine chemistry data collected worldwide from 1,860 stations between January 1965 and December 1992 was submitted by Dr. William Balch, Rosenstiel School of Marine Science, University of Miami in association with the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). The data contained 52 files and 6,589 records. The data format written by Dr. Balch was designed to archive phytoplankton pigment and productivity data. A hardcopy of the README.TXT file was submitted in with other documentation; it includes a file list, data parameters, record layout, field descriptions, and descriptions of the parameter codes.
Date received: 19930331
Start date: 19650101
End date: 19921231
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Arabian Sea, Arctic Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne), Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Chukchi Sea, Coastal Waters of Gulf of America, Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, English Channel (La Manche), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of America, Gulf of Guinea, Indian Ocean, Laccadive Sea, Malacca Straits, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, New York Bight, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Ross Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean
West boundary: 35.4
East boundary: 17.59
North boundary: 76.32
South boundary: -78.19
Observation types: biological
Instrument types: fluorometer, laboratory analysis, visual analysis
Datatypes: AMMONIUM (NH4), CARBON ASSIMILATION, CHLOROPHYLL A, CHLOROPHYLL C, LIGHT TRANSMISSION, NITRATE, NITRITE, NITROGEN - PARTICULATE, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, PHAEOPIGMENTS, PHOSPHATE - TOTAL, PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY, SALINITY, silicate, UREA, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Balch, Dr. William M.
Submitting institution: University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Collecting institutions: University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Contributing projects: JGOFS
Platforms: ACONA (31AC), ALAMINOS (31OS), ALASKAN MAIL (32AK), Albatross (31AF), ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (31AX), AL JO (32A0), Alpha Helix (31HX), AMERICAN MAIL (32AA), ANTARES (32A7), ARGO (31AR), ATLANTIS II (31AN), BARTLETT (314U), BEAR (31BE), BEAVER (32BV), BROWN BEAR (31BB), CAJUN SPECIAL (32C0), CANADA MAIL (314I), CAPT. BRADY J (32B0), CASCO (31CS), CHAIN (31CI), CHALLENGER (323H), Charles Darwin (74AB), CIROLANA (74CZ), COMMANDO (31CU), COMMONWEALTH (319H), CRAWFORD (31CF), David Starr Jordan (31JD), Discoverer (31DS), DIXIE ISLE II (322I), DROGUE (3145), EASTWARD (31EZ), ELLEN B. SCRIPPS (31EB), ELTANIN (31ET), Frederick Russell (74GG), G. B. Reed (18RB), George B. Kelez (31KE), Glacier (31GL), GULF MERCHANT (318Q), GYRE (32GY), Hakuho Maru (49HH), HONG KONG MAIL (32HK), HORIZON (31HO), HUGH M. SMITH (31HS), HYDAH (31H2), INDIAN MAIL (32IM), JAPAN MAIL (316Q), Knorr (316N), KOREAN MAIL (32KM), LYNCH (31LY), McArthur (31M4), Mt. Mitchell (31M7), NEW HORIZON (32NM), NOI I KAI (33B4), NORTHWIND (31NW), OCEANUS (32OC), OREGON MAIL (3148), OSHAWA (32OH), Oshoro Maru (49OX), PANULIRUS (31PL), PARAGON (31PG), PEARL (32YR), PHILIPPINE MAIL (316P), Pioneer (31PI), Polar Sea (32L9), PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (32XF), Quadra (18QA), RABELAIS (35RF), RORQUAL (31RR), SNOW GOOSE (32GS), Staten Island (31SI), St. Catharines (18SC), SUN COASTER (32WP), SW RESEARCHER (32YG), TEXAS STAR (32XS), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (31TT), TIOGA (3313), VANCOUVER (32Y3), Venture (312X), VITYAZ (90VI), WASHINGTON MAIL (32WM), XIANG YANG HONG (76X5)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Additional marine pigment and productivity data submitted by Dr. Balch is archived in NCEI Accession 9400133.

The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Library:

Ocean Weather Station 'P', North Pacific Ocean, December 11, 1965 to March 9, 1966. Ottawa, Canada : Canadian Oceanographic Data Centre, 1966.

NCEI Accession 7100967 references this dataset. The following reports:

Crawford Cruise 27, May 18-28, 1959, Crawford Cruise 38, March 14-19, 1960, Crawford Cruise 35, December 15-20, 1959, and Chain Cruise 2, December 8-18, 1958.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 14
Keydate: 2002-11-19 19:40:22+00
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