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Dye Experiment Study of Cross-Frontal Exchange: undulating profile data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean on the OCEANUS cruise OC342 as part of the GB project from 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0104401)

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This dataset includes profile, undulating profile, biological and physical data collected aboard the OCEANUS during cruise OC342 in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04. These data include SALINITY, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, FLUORESCENCE and SIGMA-T. The instruments used to collect these data include Undulating towed profiler and buoy - non-instrumented drifting device. These data were collected by Robert Houghton of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory as part of GB. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NODC on 2013-01-23.

The following is the text of the abstract provided by BCO-DMO:

Dye Experiment Study of Cross-Frontal Exchange, R/V Oceanus Cruise 342
DMO notes:
The documentation below describes a two ship operation. The data reported here are from the Bob Houghton cruise on the Oceanus 342.
PI documentation:
Two cruises were undertaken in May and June 1999 in which dye patches were released to study cross-frontal exchange. On Oceanus Cruise 342, led by Bob Houghton of LDEO, dye was released in the bottom mixed layer. A Scanfish towed unit was used to monitor the dispersion of dye as well as locate the frontal system on the Southern flank of Georges Bank. Jim Ledwell and Jim Churchill of WHOI led Endeavor Cruise 323/324 in which dye and drifters were deployed in the pycnocline and in the surface layer. Sampling on this cruise was done by the WHOI VPR group, yielding plankton distributions.
Figure 1 (http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/reports/data_workshops/cross-frontal_exchange/cfe-ssc_report_2000/houghton_fig1mapcap.html) shows the location of dye and drifter deployments during these cruises. The LDEO dye was Fluorescein injected into the bottom mixed layer on the stratified side of the tidal front. The WHOI dye was Rhodamine-WT: #1 injected into the surface (1-3 m ) layer and #2-4 into the pycnocline. During the WHOI dye injections additional WHOI drifters drogued at various depths were deployed in the dye patch. Drifters also drogued at various depths were deployed by Manning in April and May on NOAA cruises. See the time line for the temporal distribution of the experiments.
Additional information about this experiment is available at the on-line report entitled Distribution of Salinity on the Cap of Georges Bank (http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/reports/data_workshops/cross-frontal_exchange/cfe-ssc_report_2000/distribution_of_salinity_on_the_cap.html)
The work is described in more detail in the following cruise reports:
Houghton, R. W., R/V Oceanus Cruise 342 to Georges Bank, Cruise Report (http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/reports/oc342/oc342cruisereport.html), U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank Program, 1999.
Ledwell, J. R., T. G. Donoghue, C. J. Sellers, J. H. Churchill, D. Torres, D. McGillicuddy, V. Kosnyrev, C. S. Davis, S. M. Gallager, C. J. Ashjian, A. P. Girard, P. Alatalo, and Q. Hu, Lagrangian Studies of the Tidal Mixing Front on Georges Bank, R/V Endeavor Cruises 323 and 324, Cruise Report (http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/reports/en323/globecnew.html), U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank Program, 2000.
McGillicuddy, D. J., and V. K. Kosnyrev, Real-Time Modeling on Cruises EN323 and EN324, Cruise Report, U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank Program, 1999.
Questions concerning these data should be directed to:
Bob Houghton
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Univ. 202 Oceanography
Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: 845-365-8328
E-mail: houghton@ldeo.columbia.edu

Last updated March 28, 2006
  • Cite as: Houghton, Robert (2013). Dye Experiment Study of Cross-Frontal Exchange: undulating profile data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean on the OCEANUS cruise OC342 as part of the GB project from 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0104401). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0104401. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -67.63352
East: -66.51578
South: 40.91682
North: 42.15668
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  • Biological, chemical, physical, biogeochemical, ecological, environmental and other data collected from around the world during historical and contemporary periods of biological and chemical oceanographic exploration and research managed and submitted by the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2013-04-07
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Supplemental Information
The Data Originator(s)/Principal Investigator(s) for these data:
Robert Houghton, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

The data were collected during the following cruise(s):
OC342

The collection of the data was supported by:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Science Foundation
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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  • Cite as: Houghton, Robert (2013). Dye Experiment Study of Cross-Frontal Exchange: undulating profile data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean on the OCEANUS cruise OC342 as part of the GB project from 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0104401). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0104401. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
BCO-DMO Data Elements Thesaurus
  • cruiseid
  • dye
  • flvolt
  • injection
  • lat
  • line
  • lon
  • press
  • sal
  • sigma_t
  • survey
  • temp
  • year
  • yrday_gmt
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
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  • Cite as: Houghton, Robert (2013). Dye Experiment Study of Cross-Frontal Exchange: undulating profile data collected in the North Atlantic Ocean on the OCEANUS cruise OC342 as part of the GB project from 1999-05-21 to 1999-06-04 (NCEI Accession 0104401). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0104401. Accessed [date].
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  • 2013-04-07T13:53:22Z - NCEI Accession 0104401 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • buoy - non-instrumented drifting device
  • undulating towed profiler
Platform
  • OCEANUS
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