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<metadata>
  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>
          Dr. Roger Lukas
        </origin>
        <pubdate>
          Unknown
        </pubdate>
        <title>
          Niskin Bottle Data of the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) program in the North Pacific 100 Miles North of Oahu, Hawaii for Cruises HOT122-154 during 2001-2003. (NODC Accession 0001707)
        </title>
        <serinfo>
          <sername>
            None
          </sername>
          <issue>
            None
          </issue>
        </serinfo>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>
            Unpublished Material
          </pubplace>
          <publish>
            Unpublished material
          </publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>
          http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0001707
        </onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>
        The HOT program makes repeated observations of the physics, biology and
chemistry at a site approximately 100 km north of Oahu, Hawaii. Two stations
are visited about once a month: Kahe Point (Station 1:  21.34N, 158.27W) and
Station ALOHA (Station 2: 22.75N, 158W).  Various other stations are made
intermittently in support of similar research objectives or mooring
deployments.

Samples of water column chemical analyses were collected
mostly in the upper 1000m using Niskin bottles mounted on a rosette.
The strategy was to sample at density horizons within the main thermocline
at pressure horizons above and below this region (i.e., &lt;150 dbar
and &gt;2000 dbar).  Care was applied to ensure the highest possible
accuracy and precision.
      </abstract>
      <purpose>
        The objective of the physical component of HOT is to describe and understand
the ocean climate and variability at a deep-water site in the North Pacific
subtropical gyre near Hawaii. This requires a long time series of physical
oceanographic variables, including water mass properties and currents,
supporting and complementing the objectives of the biogeochemical component
of HOT.
      </purpose>
      <supplinf>
        NOAASupplemental:
Entry_ID: Unknown
Sensor_Name: Niskin bottles
Source_Name: ship; SeaBird Carousel
Project_Campaign: Hawaii Ocean Time series (HOT)
Originating_Center: University of Hawaii
Storage_Medium: ASCII
Reference: None
Online_size: 1.485 Mbytes; 73 files
      </supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>
            20010115
          </begdate>
          <enddate>
            20031222
          </enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>
        ground condition
      </current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>
        Complete
      </progress>
      <update>
        quasi-monthly cruises
      </update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>
          -158.27
        </westbc>
        <eastbc>
          -158.00
        </eastbc>
        <northbc>
          22.75
        </northbc>
        <southbc>
          21.34
        </southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          None
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          Niskin Bottles
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          temperature
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          salinity
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          temperature and salinity profile
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          water chemistry profile
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          Hawaii Ocean Time Series (HOT)
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          ISO 19115 Topic Category
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          oceans
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          014
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          environment
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          007
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          Numeric Data Sets &gt; Chemistry
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Ocean Temperature &gt; Water Temperature
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Salinity/Density &gt; Salinity
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; Oceans &gt; Ocean Chemistry &gt; Chemistry Monitoring and Assessment
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          None
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          Station Aloha
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          Kahe Point
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          Kaena Point
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          Oahu
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          Hawaii
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          HALE ALOHA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          Pacific
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          central north Pacific
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          CoRIS Region
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          MHI
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          CoRIS Place Thesaurus
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          OCEAN BASIN &gt; Pacific Ocean &gt; Central Pacific Ocean &gt; Hawaiian Islands &gt; Hawaii &gt; Kahe (21N158W0001)
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          COUNTRY/TERRITORY &gt; United States of America &gt; Hawaii &gt; Hawaii &gt; Kahe (21N158W0001)
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          OCEAN BASIN &gt; Pacific Ocean &gt; Central Pacific Ocean &gt; Hawaiian Islands &gt; Oahu Island &gt; Oahu (21N157W0003)
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          COUNTRY/TERRITORY &gt; United States of America &gt; Hawaii &gt; Honolulu &gt; Oahu (21N157W0003)
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          OCEAN BASIN &gt; Pacific Ocean &gt; Central Pacific Ocean &gt; Hawaiian Islands &gt; Hawaii &gt; Hawaii (21N160W0000)
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          COUNTRY/TERRITORY &gt; United States of America &gt; Hawaii &gt; Hawaii &gt; Hawaii (21N160W0000)
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>
          None
        </stratkt>
        <stratkey>
          complete ocean profile surface to bottom
        </stratkey>
      </stratum>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>
      None
    </accconst>
    <useconst>
      Dataset credit required
    </useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>
            Dr. Roger Lukas
          </cntper>
          <cntorg>
            Department of Oceanography
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
          </cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>
          Principal Investigator-- Physical data (non-ADCP)
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical address
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            1000 Pope Rd
          </address>
          <address>
            Marine Science Bldg. Room 418
          </address>
          <city>
            Honolulu
          </city>
          <state>
            HI
          </state>
          <postal>
            96822
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          808-956-7892
        </cntvoice>
        <cntemail>
          rlukas@soest.hawaii.edu
        </cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>
      1) Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) (Lukas and Karl)
2) World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
(officially ended in 1998)
3) Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
HOT was initiated and funded through grants from the National Science
Foundation under the auspices of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
(JGOFS) and the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). The
field phase of these programs has ended, but support from the Ocean
Sciences Division of NSF has enabled continuation of our basic HOT
measurement program until mid-2001. The PO component contributes to
the objectives of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Climate
Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Programme by providing
information on interannual to decadal variability of the North
Pacific Ocean.

Data transfer to NOAA via the NODC/NCDDC Hawaii Liaison,
Mr.Patrick C. Caldwell.
    </datacred>
    <native>
      ASCII text files, FORTRAN/C ready
    </native>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <logic>
      see methodology
    </logic>
    <complete>
      quality control completed
    </complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>
          Each of the (approximately monthly) HOT cruises follows the same basic
pattern with some flexibility for ancillary projects to be done after the
core sampling has been completed. During transit from Honolulu to the
time-series station ALOHA (A Long-term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment) one
weight test is done to between 700 and 1000 m at station 1 off Kahe Point
(16 km offshore from the western tip of Oahu, 21 20.6&apos; N, 158 16.4&apos; W,
1500 m water depth). Following the successful winch test, a CTD/rosette cast
to 1000 m is conducted. This cast serves as a &quot;shakedown&quot; for the remainder
of the cruise, and the functioning of the components of the CTD/rosette
system as well as coordination between winch, deck and console operators can
be tested. The training of new personnel in activities such as taking
meteorological observations, and sampling salinities is also done in this
station. The data taken at Kahe Point (station 1) represent an additional
time-series of water properties at a near-shore site.

Upon arrival at ALOHA (station 2), operations commence with a deep cast
(maximum depth approximately 4750 m), 36-hour burst sampling3 of the upper
1000 m at the same location, plus CTD casts to support ancillary JGOFS work
of about an extra 12 hours duration. Time permitting, the last CTD cast of
the cruise will be a deep cast. On occasion, one cast will be done at
station 3 (40 miles north of ALOHA at 23 25&apos; N, 158 W).

The second and following casts at station ALOHA are sampled to at least 1000
m depth. Cast 2 is called a &quot;density cast&quot; because water samples are taken
at a number of specified density values ranging from [sigma-theta]= 27.37 to
the surface with the intent to resolve the profiles of salinity, dissolved
oxygen, and nutrients in potential density coordinates Depths sampled during
the following casts within the 36-hour burst sampling period are chosen both
by the JGOFS group and the WOCE team, who have to ensure that at least one
water sample each is taken within the mixed layer, the shallow salinity
maximum, the intermediate salinity minimum and the deepest position of
the rosette for calibration of the CTD conductivity sensor. If oxygen
bottles will be taken from the cast, then the sampling should include
at least the mixed layer, oxygen maximum, oxygen minimum and the deepest
rosette position for calibration of the CTD oxygen sensor. The second
deep cast of the cruise (if there is one) should include sampling of
oxygen bottles in at least seven levels appropriate for calibration of
the CTD oxygen sensor, i.e. in the oxycline and two more levels below
the oxygen minimum, in addition to the four levels mentioned before.

Water samples are collected during HOT cruises using a 24 place
rosette. Samples of salinity, oxygen, phosphate, nitrate and
silicate are regularly taken from both shallow and deep water casts.
Salinity samples are taken back to the University of Hawaii where
they are measured using an Autosal salinometer . Phosphate, nitrate
and silicate samples are also measured at the University of Hawaii
while oxygen measurements are conducted aboard ship during the
cruises.

The primary objective of the HOT program is to assess variability in the
central Pacific Ocean on annual and interannual time scales. One of our most
important concerns, therefore, is to ensure that the highest possible
precision and accuracy is consistently maintained for all water column
chemical measurements. In order to achieve the highest possible data
quality, we have instituted a quality-assurance/quality-control program,
and have attempted to collect all ancillary information necessary to
ensure that our data are not biased by sampling artifacts.

Because sampling is over 36 hours, one can average out the effects
short-term changes of the depth of density surfaces and the magnitude of
hydrographic and nutrient variables (inertial, tidal, and shorter periods).
        </procdesc>
        <srcused>
          1990 Chiswell, S., E. Firing, D. Karl, R.  Lukas and C. Winn. Hawaii
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Ocean Time-series Program Data Report 1, 1988-1989. SOEST Tech. Rept.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          #1, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Univ. of Hawaii,
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Honolulu, HI, 269 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1992 Winn, C., S. Chiswell, E. Firing, D.  Karl and R. Lukas. Hawaii Ocean
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Time-series Program Data Report 2, 1990. SOEST Tech.  Rept. 92-1, School
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu,
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          HI, 175 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1993 Winn, C., R. Lukas, D. Karl and E.  Firing. Hawaii Ocean Time- series
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Program Data Report 3, 1991. SOEST Tech. Report 93-3, School of Ocean and
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Earth Science and Technology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 228 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1993 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, D.  Hebel, R. Lukas, D. Karl and E.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Firing.  Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data Report 4, 1992. SOEST Tech.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Report 93-14, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Univ. of
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 248 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1994 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, D.  Hebel, E. Firing, F. Bingham, R.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Lukas, and D. Karl. Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data Report 5, 1993.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          SOEST Tech. Report 94-5, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 156 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1995 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, D.  Hebel, E. Firing, R. Lukas, and
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          D. Karl.  Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data Report 6, 1994. SOEST Tech.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Report 95-6, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Univ. of
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 199 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1996 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, C.  Nosse, D. Hebel, E. Firing, R.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Lukas, and D. Karl. Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data Report 7, 1995.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          SOEST Tech. Report 96-7, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 228 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1997 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, D.  Hebel, C. Nosse, L. Fujieki, E.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Firing, R.  Lukas, and D. Karl. Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Report 8, 1996.  SOEST Tech. Report 97-8, School of Ocean and Earth
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Science and Technology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 296 pp.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          1998 Tupas, L., F. Santiago-Mandujano, D.  Hebel, C. Nosse, L. Fujieki, E.
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Firing, R.  Lukas, and D. Karl. Hawaii Ocean Time-series Program Data
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Report 9, 1997.  SOEST Tech. Report 98-9, School of Ocean and Earth
        </srcused>
        <srcused>
          Science and Technology, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 159 pp.
        </srcused>
        <procdate>
          Unknown
        </procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntperp>
              <cntper>
                Dr. Roger Lukas
              </cntper>
              <cntorg>
                Department of OceanographySchool of Ocean and Earth Science and TechnologyUniversity of Hawaii
              </cntorg>
            </cntperp>
            <cntpos>
              Principal Investigator-- Physical data (non-ADCP)
            </cntpos>
            <cntaddr>
              <addrtype>
                Mailing and physical address
              </addrtype>
              <address>
                1000 Pope Rd
              </address>
              <address>
                Marine Science Bldg. Room 418
              </address>
              <city>
                Honolulu
              </city>
              <state>
                HI
              </state>
              <postal>
                96822
              </postal>
              <country>
                USA
              </country>
            </cntaddr>
            <cntvoice>
              808-956-7892
            </cntvoice>
            <cntemail>
              rlukas@soest.hawaii.edu
            </cntemail>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>
        Directories and files:
/data             root data directory

/woce_sum       WOCE-type sum file which gives details on
position and parameters taken of each cast and
station of each cruise.  Filenaming convention:

hotccc.sum      where ccc is cruise number

/bot            Bottle data.  Filenaming convention:

hotccc.sea      where ccc is cruise number

BOTTLE FORMAT:
Format for *.sea files:
-----------------------

Welcome to the HOT Water Sample Data Base

Water sample data from HOT are written according to the *.sea
files specified by the WOCE Hydrographic Programme Office, for
submission of these data to the WHP. One file is written for
each HOT cruise (e.g., hot1.sea contains the data from HOT-1).
Files from the ALOHA-Climax (AC) cruises have the prefix ac
(e.g., ac1.sea contains the data from AC-1).

Formats for these files are detailed in the WHP Office Report
WHPO 90-1, available from Steve Diggs, WHPO Data Manager,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla,
CA 92093-0214.

The files are self-explanatory, one column is written for each
measured parameter.  Missing data are filled with -9.  A 5-line
heading labels each column.

The first year&apos;s temperatures are reported in IPTS-68.  Subsequent
temperature are reported in ITS-90 units. Since temperature
sensor calibrations were done in IPTS-68 units, and the UNESCO
routines require IPTS-68 temperature, all intermediate
processing was done in IPTS-68. As a final step, temperature and
potential temperature were converted to ITS-90 using
t_90 = 0.99976 t_68.

Variables having 7 asterisks on the 4th heading line have a quality
flag associated with them.  These 1-digit quality flags are concate-
nated to form quality word which is listed as the last variable in
each row.  The values each digit can assume and their meanings are
listed below:

Bottle quality flag definitions:

Byte Value  Definition
1       Not assigned.
2       No problems noted.
3       Leaking.
4       Did not trip correctly.
5-8      Not assigned.
9       Samples not drawn from this bottle.

Water sample quality flag definitions:

Byte Value  Definition
1       Sample for this measurement was drawn from water bottle
but analysis not received.
2       Acceptable measurement.
3       Questionable measurement.
4       Bad measurement.
5       Not reported.
6       Mean of replicate measurements.
7       Manual chromatographic peak integration.
8       Irregular digital chromatographic peak integration.
9       Sample not drawn for this measurement from this bottle.
      </eaover>
      <eadetcit>
        none
      </eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC (National Coastal Data Development Center)
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and Physical Address
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            National Coastal Data Development Center, Building 1100
          </address>
          <city>
            Stennis Space Center
          </city>
          <state>
            MS
          </state>
          <postal>
            39529
          </postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          866-732-2382
        </cntvoice>
        <cntfax>
          228-688-2968
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncddcgetdata@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
        </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>
      Downloadable Data
    </resdesc>
    <distliab>
      NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data,expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.  NOAA, NESDIS, NODC and NCDDC 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.
    </distliab>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>
      20121208
    </metd>
    <metrd>
      20090105
    </metrd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>
            Mr. Patrick C. Caldwell
          </cntper>
          <cntorg>
            NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC
          </cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>
          Hawaii/US Pacific Liaison
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            mailing
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            1000 Pope Road, MSB 316
          </address>
          <address>
            Dept. of Oceanography
          </address>
          <address>
            University of Hawaii at Manoa
          </address>
          <city>
            Honolulu
          </city>
          <state>
            Hawaii
          </state>
          <postal>
            96822
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          (808)-956-4105
        </cntvoice>
        <cntfax>
          (808) 956-2352
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          caldwell@hawaii.edu
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8 AM to 5 PM weekdays
        </hours>
        <cntinst>
          check services@nodc.noaa.gov if not available
        </cntinst>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>
      FGDC CSDGM
    </metstdn>
    <metstdv>
      FGDC-STD-001-1998
    </metstdv>
  </metainfo>
  <coris>
    <corid>
      20090105061355
    </corid>
    <corchild>
      None
    </corchild>
    <corbegdt>
      20010115
    </corbegdt>
    <corenddt>
      20031222
    </corenddt>
    <cormdlk>
      http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/nodc_0001707_hotbot0103_fgdc.html
    </cormdlk>
    <cortrkid>
      2546
    </cortrkid>
  </coris>
  
  
  
  
  
  
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