Gulf of Maine Cruise Data - Transects, Special Samplings

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Gulf of Maine Cruise Data - Transects, Special Samplings

Description:

Abstract:

This collection contains data acquired on cruises to the Western Gulf of Maine. Monthly cruises began in April 2002 for the REACH project with limited spatial coverage and limited measurements. Beginning in July 2004, the Coastal Observing Center merged its field work. Two transects have been established in which a full suite of measurements are made on each transect. The Coastal Transect extends north along the coast beginning at GoMOOS Buoy B and ending in the Kennebec-Androscoggin Estuary. The Wilkinson Transect extends from the Piscataqua River near Portsmouth, NH, across Jeffrey's Ledge, and into the deep waters of Wilkinson Basin. In all there are at least 12 stations sampled. Measurements include profiles of temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and inherent and apparent optical properties. Water samples are collected and analyzed for phytoplankton pigments (HPLC), nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate), DOC, total alkalinity (TA), pH, and zooplankton biomass and taxa. Data collection is ongoing up to the present.

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

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Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020424

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.422

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.8055

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.881

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.889

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ABSORPTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL

Theme_Keyword: SHIPS

Theme_Keyword: CTD > CONDUCTIVITY, TEMPERATURE, DEPTH

Theme_Keyword: HPLC > HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPH

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: REACH > REGIONAL ECOLOGY AND COASTAL HYDROGRAPHY DATA IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MAINE

Theme_Keyword: GOMODP > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN DATA PARTNERSHIP

Theme_Keyword: GOMMP > GULF OF MAINE MONITORING PROGRAMS

Theme_Keyword: Unh

Theme_Keyword: Webcoast

Theme_Keyword: Gulf Of Maine Ocean Data Partnership

Theme_Keyword: Gomodp

Theme_Keyword: University Of New Hampshire

Theme_Keyword: Nasa/esip

Theme_Keyword: Gulf Of Maine

Theme_Keyword: Phytoplankton

Theme_Keyword: Zooplankton

Theme_Keyword: BIOTA

Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Theme_Keyword: OCEANS

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE

Access_Constraints: These data are provided free of charge to the general public.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledge the Coastal Observing Center as the data provider and WebCOAST as the data distributor of these data. Additional data policies apply to data collected prior to 2004. For these data please see the U.S. GLOBEC Data Acknowledgement Policy. Regarding publication of these data: In addition, users have a responsibility to contact the data provider(s) prior to publishing materials that make use of their data. Data providers are extended authorship rights for three years. Users of data are encouraged to discuss relevant findings with the provider early in the research. The user is required to give all providers of the data being used a copy of any manuscript resulting from use of the data prior to the initial submission for publication, thus giving the data provider an opportunity to comment on the paper. The provider(s) shall have the right to be named as a co-author.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ANNETTE SCHLOSS

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Complex Systems Research Center

Address: Morse Hall

Address: University of New Hampshire

City: Durham

State_or_Province: New Hampshire

Postal_Code: 03824

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: annette.schloss@unh.edu

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Completeness_Report:

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Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: UNH/EOS/COOA/WEBCOAST > WEBCOAST, Center for Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Univ. of New Hampshire

Contact_Person: DENISE BLAHA

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Complex Systems Research Center

Address: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space

Address: Morse Hall

Address: University of New Hampshire

City: Durham

State_or_Province: New Hampshire

Postal_Code: 03824

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-603-862-3785

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: support@cooa.sr.unh.edu

Resource_Description: WEBCOAST_COOA_Cruise_Data

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII text

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cooa.unh.edu/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www.cooa.unh.edu/data.jsp

Access_Instructions:

Data Access Cruise Data

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://cooa.sr.unh.edu/

Access_Instructions:

UNH's Coastal Ocean Observing Center

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050721

Metadata_Review_Date: 20071211

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: COOA SUPPORT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Center for Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis

Address: Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space

Address: Morse Hall

Address: University of New Hampshire

City: Durham

State_or_Province: New Hampshire

Postal_Code: 03824

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: support@cooa.sr.unh.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time