| Contributors | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Allison, Dicky | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) | BCO-DMO Data Manager |
This inventory uses the JGOFS data management system and the same hierachical data structure used in many other data sets to store data about the data (metadata). Data fields include:
For further information contact the Data Management Office
| Parameter | Description | Units |
| project | Name of project or cruiseid | |
| platform | Platform name, e.g. ship name | |
| year_p_start | Year the project started | local time |
| month_p_start | Month the project started | local time |
| day_p_start | Day the project started | local time |
| year_p_end | Year the project ended | local time |
| month_p_end | Month the project ended | local time |
| day_p_end | Day the project ended | local time |
| name_prin | Principal investigator's name. This is the person responsible for this project. | |
| brief_desc | Brief description of the project. For cruises, indicates whether broadscale, process, mooring, etc. | |
| siname | Name of scientific investigator responsible for this data_type | |
| status | Status of the data, e.g. collected, on-line, etc. Keywords used in this field are strictly monitored. | |
| year | Year that the status entry information was added to the inventory | local time |
| month | Month that the status entry information was added to the inventory | local time |
| day | Day that the status entry information was added to the inventory | local time |
| description | Descriptive text tied to this status entry. For status=on-line, this field will include the link to the data or information. | |
| data_type | sampling method - instrument type, e.g. MOCNESS-1 or MOCNESS-10 | |
| cruiseid | cruise identification, e.g. NBP0202, for RVIB Palmer cruise 0202 | |
| year | year | |
| tow | tow number | |
| day_gmt | day of month, GMT, 1 - 31 | |
| month_gmt | month of year, GMT, 1 - 12 | |
| station | station number, from event log | |
| station_std | standard station number, from event log | |
| yrday_gmt | year day as a decimal, based on Julian calendar, GMT | YYY.Y |
| time_gmt | time, GMT using 24 hour clock to decimal minutes. | HHmm.m |
| press | depth of observation or sample | meters |
| temp | temperature of water | deg.C |
| potemp | potential temperature or theta¹ | deg.C |
| sal | salinity calculated from conductivity, bad values are set to 50 | |
| sigma_0 | potential density¹ | kg/m3 |
| flvolt | relative fluorescence (0-5 volts) | volts |
| angle | angle of net frame relative to vertical (0-89 degrees) | degrees |
| flow | consecutive flow counts | |
| hzvel | horizontal net velocity | m/min |
| vtvel | vertical net velocity | m/min |
| vol_filt | volume filtered | m³ |
| trans_v | transmissometry or light transmission, (0-5 volts) | volts |
| o2 | dissolved oxygen | ml/liter |
| lite | down welling light | volts |
| net | MOCNESS net number, (00-08) | |
| lat | latitude, negative = South | DD.D |
| lon | longitude, negative = West | DDD.D |
The fundamental objectives of United States Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC) Program are dependent upon the cooperation of scientists from several disciplines. Physicists, biologists, and chemists must make use of data collected during U.S. GLOBEC field programs to further our understanding of the interplay of physics, biology, and chemistry. Our objectives require quantitative analysis of interdisciplinary data sets and, therefore, data must be exchanged between researchers. To extract the full scientific value, data must be made available to the scientific community on a timely basis.
U.S. GLOBEC (GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics) is a research program organized by oceanographers and fisheries scientists to address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the sea.
The U.S. GLOBEC Program currently had major research efforts underway in the Georges Bank / Northwest Atlantic Region, and the Northeast Pacific (with components in the California Current and in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska). U.S. GLOBEC was a major contributor to International GLOBEC efforts in the Southern Ocean and Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP).
| Funding Source | Award |
|---|---|
| NSF Antarctic Sciences (NSF ANT) |