Subject:   	Re: NODC receipt confirmation for Eric Webb; microscopy synechococcus counts per ml from the euphotic zone
From:   	"Danie Kinkade" <danie.kinkade@noaa.gov>
Date:   	Mon, December 13, 2010 2:11 pm
To:   	"Eric Webb" <eawebb@usc.edu>

That sounds great, I'll look for the update.
Thanks so much for your time,
Danie

> hmm that is odd. It must have gotten rounded before it was sent to me.  I
> will send an update today.  the graph can go too.
>
> thanks
> e
> On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Danie Kinkade wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>> We can disregard the tricho sheet, no problem.  But the syne sheet still
>> has an unlabeled graph and whole degrees for positions.  Could you
>> provide
>> more detail on these issues or perhaps resubmit a more detailed sheet?
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration and attention.
>> -Danie
>>
>>
>>> Hi Diane,
>>>
>>> I did not intend to submit the tricho counts - I am not sure that they
>>> are
>>> as robust as the syne.  So could you just delete that sheet?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> E
>>>
>>> --
>>> Excuse the typos - this was sent from my Phone
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Danie Kinkade <Danie.Kinkade@noaa.gov>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Eric Webb,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for submitting your synechococcus count data and metadata to
>>>> the U.S. National Oceanographic
>>>> Data Center.   The NODC received your data and metadata on 06
>>>> December,
>>>> 2010 via email attachment.
>>>>
>>>> Your submission has been assigned NODC Accession Number 0069125, which
>>>> is a tracking number for the NODC
>>>> Ocean Archive. Please reference this number when corresponding with
>>>> NODC
>>>> about these data.  You can find
>>>> information about your archival data set at
>>>> http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0069125.
>>>>
>>>> While reviewing your submission, some questions were generated; we're
>>>> hoping you can help answer or resolve these,
>>>> in order to provide the best possible version of your data and
>>>> metadata
>>>> for the archive and for users discovering and
>>>> understanding your data.
>>>>
>>>> The excel file submitted contains two sheets; one, labeled "syne" is
>>>> assumed to be the synechococcus data, but is the
>>>> second sheet labeled "tricho" intended for archive?  Could you confirm
>>>> that trichodesmium counts were also submitted?
>>>> The Electronic Data Documentation Form states only synechococcus for
>>>> submission.
>>>>
>>>> The submission does not contain header descriptions or definitions in
>>>> the file or accompanying metadata.  Could
>>>> you please provide a description or definition of the headers that
>>>> would
>>>> help users understand the contents of each sheet
>>>> (for example could you clarify that depth on sheet "tricho" is in
>>>> meters, and the definition of the header "fil/10L")?
>>>>
>>>> Each sheet also contains graphics that are not titled or labeled.
>>>> Could
>>>> you provide this information or perhaps submit the
>>>> plots or graphs as separate images?
>>>>
>>>> Within the data itself, geographic position is recorded in a very
>>>> coarse
>>>> resolution.  Is it possible to provide a higher
>>>> resolution than whole degrees latitude and longitude?
>>>>
>>>> The sheet entitled "tricho" contains data from stations that have no
>>>> geographic position, date or cruise reference.   Do
>>>> these stations correspond to the station numbers within sheet "syne"?
>>>> There are data on this sheet for depths that do not
>>>> correspond to any station and this sheet also contains columns of data
>>>> with no header or description.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps the easiest solution would be to resubmit these data once
>>>> these
>>>> minor issues have been resolved.  Again,
>>>> we thank you for providing your data for archive and appreciate your
>>>> time and attention in this matter.  We look forward
>>>> to hearing from you.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Danie Kinkade
>>
>
> --
> Eric A. Webb
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Biological Sciences
> Marine and Environmental Biology Section
> University of Southern California, AHF 331
> 3616 Trousdale Parkway
> Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371
> Phone: 213-740-7954
> Fax:  213-740-2600
> http://college.usc.edu/labs/webb/home/
>
>

