Subject:   Re: NODC receipt confirmation for Eric Webb; microscopy synechococcus counts per ml from the euphotic zone
From:   "Eric Webb" <eawebb@usc.edu>
Date:   Fri, December 10, 2010 3:01 pm
To:   "Danie Kinkade" <Danie.Kinkade@noaa.gov>

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
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