Date:     Wed, October 7, 2009 9:18 am

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*** General Dataset Description ***

Name: HLY-08-02 CTD Data [Stabeno, P.] (netCDF format)

URL: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac_pw/dss/id=102.058

Description:
  This CTD data set, consisting of 236 casts, was collected during a
  multi-disciplinary Bering Sea ice cruise on the USCGC Healy (HL0802,
  March 29 - May 6, 2008).  The cruise was funded by NSF for the BEST
  (Bering Sea Ecosystem Study) program, and supported by numerous
  agencies and institutions.  The CTD operations on the cruise were
  managed by personnel from NOAA/PMEL in the Eco FOCI program, with
  technical expertise from SCRIPPS, and deployment assistance from Healy
  personnel.  Water samples from casts were collected by various parties
  relative to their research needs.  Profile data from CTD instruments
  were processed at NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI using standard techniques.  Data
  from bottle samples include phosphate, silicate, nitrate, nitrite,
  ammonium, and chlorophyll.  Data files are an array on a 1-meter grid
  and combine both averaged CTD profile data, and bottle samples where
  depths with no data are listed as  ?-1E+10?.  CTD data contact people:
  Phyllis Stabeno, Peggy Sullivan.  Nutrient and bottle data contact:
  Calvin Mordy.

Observing Frequency: unknown
Spatial Type: 

Begin date (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS): 2008-03-30 00:00:00
End date   (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS): 2008-05-06 23:59:59

Spatial coverage:
                       Minimum      Maximum
 Latitude  (degN):      +53.00       +63.00
 Longitude (degE):     -180.00       -163.00

Questions about the data should be directed to:

Phyllis Stabeno

NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI
7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 3
Seattle WA 98115
USA

Phone: 206-526-6453
Fax:   206-526-6723
Email: phyllis.stabeno@noaa.gov
URL:   



*** Related Projects ***

** Project: BEST
Name: Bering Ecosystem Study

Description:
  The Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) project is a multi-year,
  interdisciplinary program to develop an end-to-end mechanistic
  understanding of how climate change will affect the marine ecosystems
  of the eastern Bering Sea, the continued use of their resources, and
  the social, economic and cultural sustainability of the people who
  depend on them.  BEST is motivated by the realization that the Bering
  Sea is in the midst of significant, interrelated physical and
  biological change that may impact the region's carrying capacity and
  productivity, the sustainability of fish and shellfish stocks of great
  economic value for the nation, and the livelihoods of Native
  communities and fishers. These changes involve climate forcing,
  physical properties and processes in the ocean, and biological
  responses from the level of the physiology of individual organisms to
  the structure and function of entire ecosystems.

Project Begin date (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS): 2007-04-09 00:00:00
Project End date   (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS): 2010-07-31 23:59:00

Project spatial coverage:
                       Minimum      Maximum
 Latitude  (degN):      +53.00       +63.00
 Longitude (degE):     -180.00       -163.00



*** Detailed Metadata ("README" file) ***
Please refer to the following documents for more information.
These files are also included with your data order.

 http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/102.058/HLY0802-Calibration.txt
 http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/102.058/HLY0802_eFOCI_CTDMeta4BESTWeb.pdf
 http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/102.058/HLY0802_PMEL_CTDmap.gif


*** Related information ***
Please refer to the following resources for more information.

 homepage: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/best
 catalog: http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best_hly-08-02

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