CRED Shallow Water CTDs: Agrihan Island, Marianas Archipelago 2003, Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Cruise OES0307

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Title:
CRED Shallow Water CTDs: Agrihan Island, Marianas Archipelago 2003, Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Cruise OES0307
Abstract:
CRED Shallow Water CTDs sample vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, and turbidity providing indications for water masses and local sea water chemistry changes. They are collected at regularly spaced intervals around all study sites, both around islands or banks and within lagoons. The CTD profiles are part of a suite of oceanographic assessments made concurrently with a large number of biological coral reef assessments. The 15 CTD profiles were collected around Agrihan Island during CRED Marianas Archipelago Coral Reef Assessment Cruise OES0307 from August 26 to September 6, 2003. During this cruise, CTD profiles were collected at Aguijan Island, Agrihan Island, Asuncion Island, Maug Island, Pagan Island, Saipan Island, Sarigan Island, Stingray Shoals, Tinian Island, Uracus Island, Alamagan Island, Anatahan Island, Guam, Guguan Island, and Rota Island. The instrument used to collect the data is a Seabird Instruments 19 plus CTD with a Wetlabs C-Star Transmissometer. Data binning and other processing was performed using Seabird Instruments SeaSoft software. Data format is discreet, tabular CNV (formatted, space delimited ASCII) files for each profile, with a full header as provided by SeaSoft. The header contains latitude, longitude and other location information, as well as all processing steps. Please contact CRED with any questions. For program information see the web site <http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/oceanography.php>
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (, NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Servic, 20050805, CRED Shallow Water CTDs: Agrihan Island, Marianas Archipelago 2003, Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Cruise OES0307.

    This is part of the following larger work.

    Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (, NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Servic, 20050805, CRED Marianas Archipelago Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program Cruise OES0307.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.625762
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: 145.705743
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.823275
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18.716814

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/coris/data/NOAA/nmfs/pifsc/cred/shallowCTD/OES0307/browse/CRED_shallowCTD_OES0307_Agrihan.png> (PNG)
    CTD profile distribition around Agrihan Island

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Beginning_Date: 26-Aug-2003
    Ending_Date: 06-Sep-2003
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

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    Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
    c/o Ronald Hoeke
    Oceanographer
    1125B Ala Moana Blvd
    Honolulu, HI 96814
    USA

    808-938-3739 (voice)
    808-938-3730 (FAX)
    ronald.hoeke@noaa.gov

Why was the data set created?

These data were collected for coral reef ecosystem research. They are collected concurrently with ecological/biological reef assessments.

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Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These oceanographic data are PRELIMINARY data and have not been screened for accuracy. NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary oceanographic data for scientific research on coral reefs ecosystems.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
    c/o Michael Parke
    Research Biologist and GIS Coordinator
    1125B Ala Moana Blvd
    Honolulu, HI 96814
    USA

    808-983-3725 (voice)
    808-983-3730 (FAX)
    Michael.Parke@noaa.gov

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    15 datafiles of type *.CNV (Delimited ASCII files formated by Seabird Inc. SeacatPlus V 1.5). One file for each CTD cast collected. See file "CTD Cast Log OES0307_shallow.xls" for additional information.

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    These oceanographic data are PRELIMINARY data and have not been screened for accuracy. NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary oceanographic data for scientific research on coral reefs ecosystems. Disclaimer - NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.

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Dates:
Last modified: 29-Aug-2008
Metadata author:
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
c/o Haiying Wang
Metadata and Data Management Specialist
1125B Ala Moana Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96814
USA

808-983-3725 (voice)
808-983-3730 (FAX)
Haiying.Wang@noaa.gov

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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