Date: 07 Nov. 2000

To  : Frank Mitchell

From: Sid Stillwaugh

Subj: Transfer of ISHTAR Project Nutrients and CTD Data Sets
     

Frank:

I have placed on the NODC anonymous ftp site, a total of 2 .zip
files, when opened, contain 3 nutrients only data sets,
one CTD data set and their
associated metadata entry forms (see below).  NODC has the CTD data
for two of these data sets, I have annotated the accession no.
associated with each file immediately below.  NODC did not appear to
have the associated CTD data set for the Oshoro Maru (OS13) cruise
so it has been acquired and included with this data transmission.
The CTD data set is unigue in that stations 10 through 101 are a
low resolution data set; stations 102 through 156 are high resolution
CTD data.
  Here's the breakdown;

File    Project    Variables             Associated CTD Data Set
                                         on file at NODC
----    ------     ---------             -----------------------

OS13    ISHTAR     depth, nh4,              included in this transmittal
                   sio3, no2 + no3 only

OS13    ISHTAR     depth, temp., salinity

RA-7    ISHTAR     depth,  sio3,            8900135
                  nh4, no2 + no3 only

RA-8    ISHTAR     depth, sio3, nh4,        8900135
                  no2 + no3 only

These data were received via the Univ. of AK/IMS DataBase web
server.  These are "mixed ocean" data sets.

Files Sent;

1) Data Files

   nuts_dat.zip  (64 kb) when opened, find the following files

a) os13s_ctd.dat   (119 kb)
b) os13nut_dat.dat  (26 kb)
c) ra7nut_dat.dat  (80 kb)
d) ra8nut_dat.dat  (96 kb)

2) Metadata Entry Forms

  nuts_met.zip  (1 kb) when opened, find the following files

a) os13smet.inv  (all 1 kb); metadata file for the OS13 CTD data set
b) os13met.inv    metadata form for the nutrients data set
c) ra7met.inv
d) ra8met.inv


NODC Catalog Info -----------------------------------------------

NODC Accession no.  :
Date Received       :
PI/Source           : Drs. Terry Whitledge and Tom Royer
                      , Univ. of Alaska/IMS, 
                      Fairbanks, AK  99775
                      
Project             : ISHTAR
Data Type           : 3 nutrients and 1 CTD data set
Sampling Method     : vertical casts (bottle data) at fixed 
                      locations
Obs. Dates          : June 12, 1986 to Oct. 19, 1988(not inclusive)
Obs. Location       : Bering Sea, Gulf of AK, NE Pacific
Data Amount         : 4 files
Ship(s)/Cruise(s)   : Oshoro Maru, Thomas Washington /OS13, RA-7, RA-8
                      
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Please acknowledge with an NODC accession no. as one is assigned. 