[Project: Short_Name='GLOBEC']
Organism counts from vertical plankton tows, 1997-2003, California Current System, Northeast Pacific GLOBEC Program
Entry ID: vpt_NEP

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Summary
Abstract: Plankton populations were monitored at standard sections across the California
Current System, years 1997 to 2003. Approximately 100 survey cruises were made
to the study area during this period. Plankton abundance (count per cubic
meter) are reported at the genus/species levels.
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See data object(s): "vpt" (Bill Peterson, Investigator)

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Description: U.S. GLOBEC Northeast Pacific (NEP)
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 44.6   S: 38.6   E: -123.4   W: -125.6
Min Depth: 0M Max Depth: 100M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: UK Meteorological Office
Dataset Title: Met Office - TOVS Stratospheric Analyses
Dataset Release Place: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Dataset Publisher: British Atmospheric Data Centre
Online Resource: http://www.badc.rl.ac.uk/data/tovs/
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
BADC_UK
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1978-01-01
Stop Date: 1997-04-30
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 5 degree
Longitude Resolution: 5 degree
Temporal Resolution: 1 day
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites Ancillary Description
Instrument
HIRS > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Ancillary Description
SSU > Stratospheric Sounding Unit Ancillary Description
TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Ancillary Description
MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit Ancillary Description
Access Constraints The Met. Office wish to monitor the use of these analyses and require
an acknowledgement of the data source if they are used in any
publication. For these reasons we do not make the data available to
anonymous users through these WWW pages. In order to get access to the
data and accompanying software, please complete and sign the
conditions of use form. You will then be given FTP access to the data
directories from an account on a BADC computer.
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
British Atmospheric Data Centre, NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science, United Kingdom Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BADC SUPPORT
Phone: +44 1235 446432
Fax: +44 1235 445848
Email: BADC at rl.ac.uk
Contact Address:
British Atmospheric Data Centre
Space Science Department
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
UK
City: Chilton
Province or State: Didcot
Postal Code: OX11 OQX
Country: UK
Distribution
Distribution Media: Online (FTP)
Distribution Size: 1080 Mb
Distribution Format: BIN
Fees: None
Personnel
SCOTT A. RITZ
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5126
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: Maryland
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-02-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-02-15

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