Oceanographic station data from bottle casts from the QUADRA and Other Platforms from 1973-01-01 to 1973-05-16 (NCEI Accession 7500254)
Oceanographic station data were collected from the QUADRA. Data were collected by the Department of the Environment; Marine Sciences Branch-Pacific Region from 01 January 1973 to 16 May 1973. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Station Data II Output Format (SD2).
The SD2 format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters are temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.
The SD2 format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters are temperature and salinity, but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Department of the Environment > Marine Sciences Branch - Pacific Region (2022). Oceanographic station data from bottle casts from the QUADRA and Other Platforms from 1973-01-01 to 1973-05-16 (NCEI Accession 7500254). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Unpublished Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/7500254. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1973-01-01 to 1973-05-16 |
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Dataset Progress Status | Pending - committed to, but not yet addressed |
Data Update Frequency | As needed |
Supplemental Information | Note: Digital data are not available at this time, August 2007. Note: Preliminary metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Metadata were updated in August of 2007. Points of contact for this dataset include: Contact info: Agency: DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SCIENCES BRANCH - PACIFIC REGION PI: N/A Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: VICTORIA state: NOT AVAILABLE postal: NOT AVAILABLE country: CANADA |
Purpose | This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. |
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