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Explorer of the Seas Rain Gauge Data

Entry ID: RSMAS_LW003

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Summary

Abstract: Operation of shipboard instrumentation aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Explorer of the Seas cruise vessel in the southwestern North Atlantic Ocean to
gather oceanographic and atmospheric data. The vessel is based in Miami and
makes weekly year-round cruise tracks. It is outfitted with several suites of
ocean monitoring instrumentation. The area of study ranges from the east
coast of Florida to the Florida Straits including three major transport
passages between the Atlantic and Caribbean. To gather and disseminate real
time observational measurements on oceanic rainfall data.

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Description: Access to Explorer of the Seas rainfall data

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Description: Access to additional Explorer of the Seas data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 26.5

S: 17.5

E: -62.5

W: -88.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Elizabeth Williams

Dataset Title: Explorer of the Seas Rain Gauge Data

Dataset Release Date: Unpublished material

Online Resource: http://oceanlab.rsmas.miami.edu/cgi-bin/nph-dods/explorer/raingauge/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-01-01

Stop Date: 2005-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

Science Keywords

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > DIATOMS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instrument

ICP-MS > Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

Ancillary Keywords

bentich diatoms

metal contamination

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: MARTIN RIDDLE Phone: +61 3 6232 3573 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: martin.riddle at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2012-07-30

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-30

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