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Journal for accession number: 0084568
Created on:                    2012-01-25 15:20:33 UTC
By:                            NODC archive manager

Source:  Original data were collected as part of the response to the MC252
         Deepwater Horizon oil spill event.  Data may have been provided
         by the Subsurface Monitoring Unit (SMU), BP, EPA, DFO Canada
         (Department of Fisheries and Oceans), or various labs that
         completed sample analysis.

Actions: The original data were copied into the data/0-data/ directory.

Files:
about/
This directory contains files generated by NODC with ancillary information
about the data submission.

DWH_GY_Cruise_01.xml -
  Metadata record for the archived data, in Federal Geographic Data Committee
  (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
  XML format with remote sensing extensions.

dirinfo.txt -
  A text file, which contains the ship's call sign and cruise ID of data
  collection, to facilitate NODC's online dissemination of this data set.

data/0-data/
This directory contains the data files as submitted to NOAA by various ships in
accordance with SMU Guidance.  Various levels of compliance with SMU guidance
were achieved, with increased compliance over time.

