$NEGOM N9: Last modification 31-Jan-2001 : bottom depth corrected for n9l10s18.cnv
$NEGOM N9: Modification 23-Jan-2001 : bottom depth corrected for n9l05s07.cnv
$NEGOM N9: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$NEGOM N9: This is a support file for the NEGOM Cruises which were a series
$NEGOM N9: of nine hydrographic surveys conducted in the northeastern Gulf of
$NEGOM N9: Mexico between the Mississippi Delta and Tampa Florida between the
$NEGOM N9: 10m and 1000m isobaths. The cruises, vessel, vessel cruise ID, and
$NEGOM N9: dates are as follows.
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: N1: R/V GYRE CRUISE (97G14) 16-26 November 1997
$NEGOM N9: N2: R/V GYRE CRUISE (98G05) 04-15 May 1998
$NEGOM N9: N3: R/V GYRE CRUISE (98G10) 25-July to 09 August 1998
$NEGOM N9: N4: R/V GYRE CRUISE (98G15) 12-25 November 1998
$NEGOM N9: N5: R/V GYRE CRUISE (99G07) 15-28 May 1999
$NEGOM N9: N6: R/V GYRE CRUISE (99G08) 15-28 August 1999
$NEGOM N9: N7: R/V GYRE CRUISE (99G12) 12-23 November 1999
$NEGOM N9: N8: R/V GYRE CRUISE (00G04) 14-26 April 2000
$NEGOM N9: N9: R/V GYRE CRUISE (00G08) 28-July to 08-August 2000
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: The Project was sponsored by the U.S. Minerals Management Service.
$NEGOM N9: Contract No. OCS 1435-01-97-CT-30851
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: The Project title was:
$NEGOM N9: Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program:
$NEGOM N9: Chemical Oceanography and Hydrographic Study.
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: The Data are archived at:
$NEGOM N9: The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) Project Code 0412
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: Contact: Dr. Matthew Howard
$NEGOM N9:          Department of Oceanography
$NEGOM N9:          Texas A&M University
$NEGOM N9:          College Station, TX, 77843-3146
$NEGOM N9:          979-862-4169, mkhoward@tamu.edu
$NEGOM N9: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: These are the best and final locations, times, and bottom depths
$NEGOM N9: for CTD casts and XBT drops made during the ninth NEGOM cruise (N9).
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: The cruise launched from Pascagoula and returned to Panama City.
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: Bottom depths for CTD stations were taken from the concensus of the depth
$NEGOM N9: of the cast plus the altimeter reading near the bottom of the cast. This
$NEGOM N9: depth was compared to the CTD operator's notes of the depth at the bottom
$NEGOM N9: of the cast, plus the altimeter reading, minus the on-deck pressure reading
$NEGOM N9: prior to the start of the cast. In general, the former was one meter deeper
$NEGOM N9: than the latter.
$NEGOM N9: 
$NEGOM N9: The bottom depths at XBT stations was taken from the operator's notes which
$NEGOM N9: recorded a bottom depth from the ship's fathometer plus the offset (4.5m)
$NEGOM N9; distance from the bottom of the ship's hull and the waterline. 
$NEGOM N9: 
$NEGOM N9: Locations were taken from the GERGNAV navigation computer which were obtained
$NEGOM N9; from differential GPS. These locations were then compared to the planned 
$NEGOM N9; locations and to the hand written notes recorded by the CTD operator. The
$NEGOM N9: GERGNAV location is usually recorded at the bottom of the cast prior to 
$NEGOM N9: raising the CTD package and closing the NISKIN bottles.
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: The plan called for 75 XBT deployments. In contrast to earlier cruises, XBTs
$NEGOM N9: were not planned for deployment over the 1000m isobath between line ends.
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: 99 CTD stations were planned including 1 test station.
$NEGOM N9: 75 XBT casts were successfully collected (33 T7s 42 T10s).
$NEGOM N9:  3 XBT casts were unsuccessfully made (probes 25,27, and 59 all T7s).
$NEGOM N9:
$NEGOM N9: File prepared by Matthew Howard, Dept of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
*END*
STATION   DATE       TIME     S#  LATITUDE  LONGITUDE  BOTZ  FILENAME     Comments
N9L01S01C 07/29/2000 10:30:09 001 29.060323 -89.030422   16. N9L01S01.CNV
N9L01S02X 07/29/2000 10:51:38 001 29.047643 -89.025608   26. N9L01S02.XBT
N9L01S03C 07/29/2000 11:37:08 002 28.953658 -88.995588  100. N9L01S03.CNV
N9L01S04C 07/29/2000 12:48:18 003 28.896435 -88.969383  208. N9L01S04.CNV
N9L01S05C 07/29/2000 14:00:18 004 28.805838 -88.949395  499. N9L01S05.CNV
N9L01S06X 07/29/2000 15:11:48 002 28.730315 -88.923902  690. N9L01S06.XBT
N9L01S07C 07/29/2000 16:13:08 005 28.662093 -88.900472 1006. N9L01S07.CNV
N9TEST00C 07/29/2000 20:02:01 006 28.746578 -88.600360 1048. N9TEST00.CNV
N9L02S10C 07/29/2000 22:38:08 007 28.869580 -88.336197  990. N9L02S10.CNV
N9L02S09X 07/30/2000 00:06:01 003 28.956303 -88.376110  764. N9L02S09.XBT Depth from N6
N9L02S08C 07/30/2000 00:57:48 008 29.047422 -88.416602  493. N9L02S08.CNV formerly N9L02S8A.CNV
N9L02S07X 07/30/2000 02:05:51 004 29.121590 -88.451162  290. N9L02S07.XBT
N9L02S06C 07/30/2000 02:35:00 009 29.176257 -88.471217  185. N9L02S06.CNV
N9L02S05C 07/30/2000 03:30:11 010 29.224692 -88.496910  112. N9L02S05.CNV
N9L02S04X 07/30/2000 05:07:11 005 29.316860 -88.538125   68. N9L02S04.XBAD
N9L02S03C 07/30/2000 06:01:08 011 29.393732 -88.569642   58. N9L02S03.CNV
N9L02S02X 07/30/2000 07:17:49 006 29.541777 -88.631405   30. N9L02S02.XBT
N9L02S01C 07/30/2000 08:15:01 012 29.661353 -88.690895   19. N9L02S01.CNV
N9L02S00C 07/30/2000 09:31:31 013 29.800345 -88.750162   16. N9L02S00.CNV
N9L03S00C 07/30/2000 13:51:52 014 30.153910 -88.091372   12. N9L03S00.CNV
N9L03S01C 07/30/2000 14:28:47 015 30.099513 -88.074330   22. N9L03S01.CNV
N9L03S02X 07/30/2000 15:32:37 007 29.952792 -88.039502   33. N9L03S02.XBT
N9L03S03C 07/30/2000 16:39:02 016 29.800547 -87.995933   37. N9L03S03.CNV
N9L03S04X 07/30/2000 17:34:45 008 29.678052 -87.971723   42. N9L03S04.XBT
N9L03S05C 07/30/2000 18:26:47 017 29.555363 -87.946248   42. N9L03S05.CNV
N9L03S06X 07/30/2000 20:00:11 009 29.452667 -87.927238   64. N9L03S06.XBT
N9L03S07C 07/30/2000 20:47:42 018 29.342562 -87.903192  103. N9L03S07.CNV
N9L03S08C 07/30/2000 21:42:43 019 29.280462 -87.891697  212. N9L03S08.CNV
N9L03S09C 07/30/2000 22:43:57 020 29.217682 -87.878987  465. N9L03S09.CNV
N9L03S10C 07/30/2000 23:59:11 021 29.150760 -87.862997 1027. N9L03S10.CNV
N9L04S12C 07/31/2000 03:54:17 022 29.195425 -87.350657  989. N9L04S12.CNV
N9L04S11X 07/31/2000 05:17:00 010 29.282430 -87.350840  764. N9L04S11.XBT
N9L04S10C 07/31/2000 05:56:30 023 29.371963 -87.350863  501. N9L04S10.CNV
N9L04S09X 07/31/2000 07:00:38 011 29.450132 -87.350550  360. N9L04S09.XBAD
N9L04S08C 07/31/2000 07:38:27 024 29.532328 -87.348835  220. N9L04S08.CNV
N9L04S07C 07/31/2000 08:35:55 025 29.568692 -87.349313  108. N9L04S07.CNV
N9L04S06X 07/31/2000 09:31:28 012 29.657098 -87.351415   80. N9L04S06.XBT
N9L04S05C 07/31/2000 10:04:47 026 29.729512 -87.350335   78. N9L04S05.CNV
N9L04S04X 07/31/2000 11:08:25 013 29.857083 -87.351510   44. N9L04S04.XBT
N9L04S03C 07/31/2000 12:06:34 027 29.978763 -87.352247   31. N9L04S03.CNV
N9L04S02X 07/31/2000 13:05:36 014 30.103097 -87.352205   30. N9L04S02.XBT
N9L04S01C 07/31/2000 14:00:58 028 30.225127 -87.350877   18. N9L04S01.CNV
N9L04S00C 07/31/2000 14:41:50 029 30.279582 -87.324980   13. N9L04S00.CNV
N9L05S01C 07/31/2000 19:03:28 030 30.365460 -86.577892   18. N9L05S01.CNV
N9L05S02X 07/31/2000 19:46:21 015 30.283710 -86.620112   26. N9L05S02.XBT
N9L05S03C 07/31/2000 20:22:55 031 30.204845 -86.655905   27. N9L05S03.CNV
N9L05S04X 07/31/2000 21:11:08 016 30.111827 -86.700738   48. N9L05S04.XBT
N9L05S05C 07/31/2000 21:50:18 032 30.028485 -86.736835   98. N9L05S05.CNV
N9L05S06X 07/31/2000 22:43:11 017 29.960015 -86.773055  122. N9L05S06.XBT
N9L05S07C 07/31/2000 23:23:12 033 29.881387 -86.809905  148. N9L05S07.CNV
N9L05S08X 07/31/2000 00:18:58 018 29.808307 -86.846763  166. N9L05S08.XBT
N9L05S09C 08/01/2000 01:02:00 034 29.721793 -86.886113  199. N9L05S09.CNV
N9L05S10X 08/01/2000 03:33:09 019 29.670635 -86.911130  222. N9L05S10.XBT
N9L05S11C 08/01/2000 04:06:49 035 29.606557 -86.943743  263. N9L05S11.CNV
N9L05S12X 08/01/2000 05:03:53 020 29.533445 -86.977078  350. N9L05S12.XBT
N9L05S13C 08/01/2000 05:42:32 036 29.466742 -87.009552  491. N9L05S13.CNV
N9L05S14X 08/01/2000 07:03:35 021 29.374162 -87.055260  614. N9L05S14.XBT
N9L05S15C 08/01/2000 07:56:01 037 29.275093 -87.102365  707. N9L05S15.CNV
N9L05S16X 08/01/2000 09:29:56 022 29.181023 -87.148327  826. N9L05S16.XBT Depth from N7
N9L05S17C 08/01/2000 10:14:28 038 29.077307 -87.194320  990. N9L05S17.CNV
N9L06S19C 08/01/2000 14:10:36 039 28.651147 -87.197967  985. N9L06S19.CNV
N9L06S18X 08/01/2000 15:47:16 023 28.742858 -87.125428  864. N9L06S18.XBT
N9L06S17C 08/01/2000 16:32:23 040 28.827702 -87.051097  763. N9L06S17.CNV
N9L06S16X 08/01/2000 17:58:48 024 28.925152 -86.965565  680. N9L06S16.XBT
N9L06S15C 08/01/2000 18:31:23 041 28.983727 -86.916712  611. N9L06S15.CNV
N9L06S14X 08/01/2000 19:45:19 026 29.052585 -86.859022  554. N9L06S14.XBT reshoot
N9L06S13C 08/01/2000 20:32:27 042 29.134927 -86.788555  498. N9L06S13.CNV
N9L06S12X 08/01/2000 21:54:06 028 29.227182 -86.707002  434. N9L06S12.XBT reshoot
N9L06S11C 08/01/2000 22:39:55 043 29.314922 -86.631370  382. N9L06S11.CNV
N9L06S10X 08/01/2000 23:52:23 029 29.410807 -86.549525  288. N9L06S10.XBT
N9L06S09C 08/02/2000 00:39:36 044 29.503145 -86.471360  200. N9L06S09.CNV
N9L06S08X 08/02/2000 01:41:28 030 29.600485 -86.383973  132. N9L06S08.XBT
N9L06S07C 08/02/2000 02:23:12 045 29.687575 -86.309995   98. N9L06S07.CNV
N9L06S06X 08/02/2000 03:11:13 031 29.759677 -86.245230   66. N9L06S06.XBT
N9L06S05C 08/02/2000 04:53:45 046 29.854333 -86.166593   47. N9L06S05.CNV
N9L06S04X 08/02/2000 05:49:24 032 29.943397 -86.092518   40. N9L06S04.XBT
N9L06S03C 08/02/2000 06:34:51 047 30.019147 -86.023185   32. N9L06S03.CNV
N9L06S02X 08/02/2000 07:28:52 033 30.104775 -85.950233   30. N9L06S02.XBT
N9L06S01C 08/02/2000 08:09:17 048 30.178258 -85.885013   21. N9L06S01.CNV
N9L07S00C 08/02/2000 12:12:34 049 29.738285 -85.427215   12. N9L07S00.CNV
N9L07S01C 08/02/2000 12:53:07 050 29.686943 -85.479340   21. N9L07S01.CNV
N9L07S02X 08/02/2000 13:57:48 034 29.593308 -85.587713   28. N9L07S02.XBT
N9L07S03C 08/02/2000 14:53:52 051 29.499537 -85.695428   32. N9L07S03.CNV
N9L07S04X 08/02/2000 16:01:38 035 29.387260 -85.823048   50. N9L07S04.XBT
N9L07S05C 08/02/2000 16:50:32 052 29.298428 -85.920542   93. N9L07S05.CNV
N9L07S06X 08/02/2000 17:42:48 036 29.249522 -85.976573  162. N9L07S06.XBT
N9L07S07C 08/02/2000 18:13:39 053 29.206642 -86.027197  200. N9L07S07.CNV
N9L07S08X 08/02/2000 19:24:41 037 29.120893 -86.129757  264. N9L07S08.XBT
N9L07S09C 08/02/2000 20:26:44 054 29.016292 -86.247265  316. N9L07S09.CNV
N9L07S10X 08/02/2000 21:36:20 038 28.944637 -86.329952  382. N9L07S10.XBT
N9L07S11C 08/02/2000 22:24:14 055 28.862018 -86.423117  381. N9L07S11.CNV
N9L07S12X 08/02/2000 23:36:37 039 28.784597 -86.512448  430. N9L07S12.XBT
N9L07S13C 08/03/2000 00:27:59 056 28.700300 -86.611368  498. N9L07S13.CNV
N9L07S14X 08/03/2000 01:38:47 040 28.634785 -86.686288  572. N9L07S14.XBT
N9L07S15C 08/03/2000 02:23:23 057 28.556828 -86.774530  669. N9L07S15.CNV
N9L07S16X 08/03/2000 03:49:46 041 28.463588 -86.880440  784. N9L07S16.XBT
N9L07S17C 08/03/2000 04:45:50 058 28.370237 -86.987483 1008. N9L07S17.CNV
N9L08S17C 08/03/2000 08:45:26 059 28.132650 -86.529840  995. N9L08S17.CNV
N9L08S16X 08/03/2000 10:20:15 042 28.214538 -86.435028  750. N9L08S16.XBT
N9L08S15C 08/03/2000 11:08:32 060 28.296983 -86.338553  671. N9L08S15.CNV
N9L08S14X 08/03/2000 12:25:45 043 28.352447 -86.273903  570. N9L08S14.XBT
N9L08S13C 08/03/2000 12:58:28 061 28.402110 -86.214613  496. N9L08S13.CNV
N9L08S12X 08/03/2000 14:22:02 044 28.496942 -86.103430  374. N9L08S12.XBT
N9L08S11C 08/03/2000 15:25:26 062 28.605288 -85.974168  308. N9L08S11.CNV
N9L08S10X 08/03/2000 16:47:27 045 28.710327 -85.853787  254. N9L08S10.XBT
N9L08S09C 08/03/2000 18:51:16 063 28.824873 -85.717892  198. N9L08S09.CNV
N9L08S08X 08/03/2000 19:55:48 046 28.908647 -85.633113  168. N9L08S08.XBT
N9L08S07C 08/03/2000 20:50:08 064 28.985282 -85.526048  112. N9L08S07.CNV
N9L08S06X 08/03/2000 22:52:51 047 29.094512 -85.403003   50. N9L08S06.XBT
N9L08S05C 08/03/2000 23:57:49 065 29.204578 -85.274460   42. N9L08S05.CNV
N9L08S04X 08/04/2000 01:15:26 048 29.328313 -85.130065   26. N9L08S04.XBT
N9L08S03C 08/04/2000 02:53:28 066 29.403295 -84.996282   22. N9L08S03.CNV
N9L08S02X 08/04/2000 03:59:59 049 29.533380 -84.886747   14. N9L08S02.XBT
N9L08S01C 08/04/2000 04:49:19 067 29.602657 -84.779245   13. N9L08S01.CNV
N9L09S01C 08/04/2000 11:10:00 068 29.490488 -83.623428   12. N9L09S01.CNV
N9L09S02X 08/04/2000 11:58:06 050 29.426887 -83.728717   16. N9L09S02.XBT
N9L09S03C 08/04/2000 12:55:00 069 29.341193 -83.860982   20. N9L09S03.CNV
N9L09S04X 08/04/2000 14:15:05 051 29.230285 -84.052323   25. N9L09S04.XBT
N9L09S05C 08/04/2000 15:45:00 070 29.103357 -84.257545   27. N9L09S05.CNV
N9L09S06X 08/04/2000 19:29:42 052 28.970110 -84.474700   36. N9L09S06.XBT
N9L09S07C 08/04/2000 21:02:20 071 28.838102 -84.694622   46. N9L09S07.CNV
N9L09S08X 08/04/2000 22:23:06 053 28.722007 -84.876005   52. N9L09S08.XBAD
N9L09S09C 08/04/2000 23:29:53 072 28.625865 -85.046472   99. N9L09S09.CNV
N9L09S10X 08/05/2000 00:22:52 054 28.567778 -85.138488  132. N9L09S10.XBT
N9L09S11C 08/05/2000 01:03:13 073 28.506580 -85.236555  164. N9L09S11.CNV
N9L09S12X 08/05/2000 01:52:35 055 28.457288 -85.319190  180. N9L09S12.XBT
N9L09S13C 08/05/2000 02:25:37 074 28.409250 -85.397503  202. N9L09S13.CNV
N9L09S14X 08/05/2000 03:13:57 056 28.359823 -85.478710  232. N9L09S14.XBT
N9L09S15C 08/05/2000 03:49:38 075 28.309015 -85.563095  306. N9L09S15.CNV
N9L09S16X 08/05/2000 04:53:29 057 28.241197 -85.675312  404. N9L09S16.XBT
N9L09S17C 08/05/2000 05:35:59 076 28.189023 -85.754548  506. N9L09S17.CNV
N9L09S18X 08/05/2000 06:30:45 058 28.152673 -85.814010  580. N9L09S18.XBT
N9L09S19C 08/05/2000 07:01:34 077 28.116503 -85.879032  679. N9L09S19.CNV
N9L09S20X 08/05/2000 08:15:43 060 28.066885 -85.956370  794. N9L09S20.XBT reshoot
N9L09S21C 08/05/2000 08:53:28 078 28.017967 -86.042617  989. N9L09S21.CNV
N9L10S21C 08/05/2000 12:48:03 079 27.783568 -85.631585  991. N9L10S21.CNV
N9L10S20X 08/05/2000 14:41:27 061 27.815558 -85.523295  754. N9L10S20.XBT
N9L10S19C 08/05/2000 16:03:33 080 27.854818 -85.415478  656. N9L10S19.CNV
N9L10S18X 08/05/2000 17:14:04 062 27.877342 -85.332687  570. N9L10S18.XBT depth from XBT trace
N9L10S17C 08/05/2000 17:49:45 081 27.894672 -85.272483  491. N9L10S17.CNV
N9L10S16X 08/05/2000 19:00:05 063 27.928167 -85.165600  390. N9L10S16.XBT
N9L10S15C 08/05/2000 19:50:06 082 27.958377 -85.070612  314. N9L10S15.CNV
N9L10S14X 08/05/2000 20:51:47 064 27.993065 -84.977722  248. N9L10S14.XBT
N9L10S13C 08/05/2000 21:29:40 083 28.022945 -84.877513  200. N9L10S13.CNV
N9L10S12X 08/05/2000 22:15:49 065 28.048607 -84.800028  148. N9L10S12.XBT
N9L10S11C 08/05/2000 22:50:32 084 28.077910 -84.708313  102. N9L10S11.CNV
N9L10S10X 08/05/2000 23:56:07 066 28.122587 -84.569198   74. N9L10S10.XBT
N9L10S09C 08/06/2000 01:42:53 085 28.175903 -84.403267   60. N9L10S09.CNV
N9L10S08X 08/06/2000 02:53:21 067 28.227797 -84.239892   48. N9L10S08.XBT
N9L10S07C 08/06/2000 04:08:36 086 28.288713 -84.059278   38. N9L10S07.CNV
N9L10S06X 08/06/2000 05:17:50 068 28.342658 -83.881807   42. N9L10S06.XBT
N9L10S05C 08/06/2000 06:24:26 087 28.401600 -83.699267   31. N9L10S05.CNV
N9L10S04X 08/06/2000 07:30:13 069 28.456330 -83.527470   32. N9L10S04.XBT
N9L10S03C 08/06/2000 08:41:41 088 28.521595 -83.330877   20. N9L10S03.CNV
N9L10S02X 08/06/2000 09:34:25 070 28.564222 -83.194970   17. N9L10S02.XBT
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