Subject: USGS Woods Hole Data
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 13:23:11 -0400
From: Scott Mowery <Scott.Mowery@noaa.gov>
To: NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov
CC: Scott Mowery <Scott.Mowery@noaa.gov>
References: <49DDFD32.4070201@noaa.gov> <49DE4CB4.6030600@noaa.gov> <49E7442A.5020509@noaa.gov>

Aloha Silver Spring!

USGS Woods Hole Science Center legacy data attached for adding to the NODC Accessions.

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Working with Ellyn Montgomery, USGS Woods Hole Data Manager, this is one element of the USGS inventory 
of archived time series data. Data is provided in the basic sample interval and hourly averaged. 
Variables include currents, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam atttenuation)
and others. Time range of the complete series is 1975 - present.

I have placed the file Great_South_Channel.zip on the anonymous FTP site Liaison directory for your 
retrieval. The zip file (55 files) includes the complete datasets and supporting metadata / associated 
files for field activities from the GREAT SOUTH CHANNEL CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT Field Program, a moored 
array experiment to investigate the recirculation of water and plankton around Georges Bank. 
Measurements include physical data from moored current meters and bottom mounted tripods, and include 
current, temperature, conductivity, salinity, and sigma-theta. The files are organized into seperate 
directories for the Basic Sampling; the remaining Field Activity Reports, trip Maps (.png), metadata 
files, and Google Earth KML files are included in the root directory.

Data is provided at a basic sampling interval dataset and hourly averaged data from each cruise. The 
data is stored in _Net_work _C_ommon _D_ata Format (netCDF) files using the EPIC (_E_quatorial 
_P_acific _I_nformation _C_ollection) conventions defined by the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental 
Laboratory. Associated ASCII files and Google Earth KML files are also included. Metadata and KML files
have also been forwarded to the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC) for inclusion in the 
Regional Ecosystem Data Management System and climate change baseline assessments. Data submission POC 
is Scott Mowery, NCDDC Northeast Liaison (scott.mowery@noaa.gov)

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Thanks,
Scott

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Scott Mowery
Oceanographer
Northeast Liaison Officer
NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center

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