Oceanographic and fisheries data collected from NOAA and academic research vessels, and commercial menhaden vessels in Gulf of Mexico from 1988-06-14 to 1991-06-22 (NCEI Accession 0156304)

• Main Authors: Nelson May, Robert C. Wrigley, Thomas R. Ory, John T. Brucks, John Jett, William Bryant, Steven A. Klooster, Richard S. Freedman
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0156304; 156304; AMMONIA (NH3); BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FISHERY SURVEY; FISHERY SURVEY - SCHOOL LOCATION; FISHERY SURVEY - SCHOOL SIZE INDEX; NITRATE; NITRITE; phosphate; SALINITY; SALINITY - SURFACE WATER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECCHI DEPTH; Silicon; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; turbidity; UREA; WATER COLOR; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE HEIGHT; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; CTD; secchi disk; visual estimate; visual observation; aerial photography; biological; in situ; GYRE; MULTIPLE SHIPS; OREGON II; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center; Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP); Coastal Waters of Florida; Coastal Waters of Louisiana; Coastal Waters of Texas; Gulf of Mexico; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY; Forel-ule number; Menhaden; CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth; SECCHI DISKS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; AOCI; Airborne Ocean Color Imager; SHIPS; Charter boats; Menhaden fishing vessels; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; Marsh Island; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{872F8E47-E5C0-4914-855A-98B0F55180DD}

Oceanographic and fisheries data were collected during 1988 through 1991 through a multiagency research project to develop a remote sensing system to provide near real time image products to fishermen in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The data included surface water temperatures, salinities, and chlorophyll samples acquired by boats and vessels and fish catch information reported by menhaden spotter pilots and vessel captains. The environmental and fisheries data were acquired concurrently with overflights of the Airborne Ocean Color Imager (AOCI) carried on a Learjet operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The AOCI is a multispectral scanner and was configured with sensors to remotely sense water color in coastal and oceanic waters. The environmental and fisheries data were used to develop experimental data products that were distributed to fishermen in near real time. The study area encompassed the area from southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River to Marsh Island, Louisiana. These are only the fisheries and environmental data. Remotely sensed data are not available.