Oceanographic station data from CTD casts from the OWASCO from Ocean Weather Station C (OWS-C) in the North Atlantic Ocean from 02 October 1972 to 22 October 1972 (NODC Accession 7300501)

• Format: Dataset
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• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• 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; 7300501; AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB; AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY; SALINITY; SIGMA-T; SOUND VELOCITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PERIOD; WEATHER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED; CTD; meteorological sensors; secchi disk; visual estimate; visual observation; meteorological; physical; profile; OWASCO; United States Coast Guard; OCEAN WEATHER STATION; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{FD56C0C1-3169-4A3C-A218-0E500641B826}

Oceanographic station data were collected from the OWASCO within a 1-mile radius of Ocean Weather Station C (5245N 0352W) and in transit. Data were collected by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) from 02 October 1972 to 22 October 1972. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Station Data II Output Format (SD2). Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/sd2.html. The SD2 format contains physical-chemical oceanographic data recorded at discrete depth levels. Most of the observations were made using multi-bottle Nansen casts or other types of water samplers. A small amount (about 5 percent) were obtained using electronic CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) or STD (salinity-temperature-depth) recorders. The CTD/STD data were reported to NODC at depth levels equivalent to Nansen cast data, however, and have been processed and stored the same as the Nansen data. Cruise information (e.g., ship, country, institution), position, date, and time, and reported for each station. The principal measured parameters and temperature and salinity , but dissolved oxygen, phosphate, total phosphorus, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, and pH may be reported. Meteorological conditions at the time of the cast (e.g., air temperature and pressure, wind, waves) may also be reported, as well as auxiliary data such as water color (Forel-Ule scale), water transparency (Secchi disk depth), and depth to bottom. Values of density (sigma-t) sound velocity, and dynamic depth anomaly are computed from measured parameters. Each station contains the measurements taken at the observed depth levels, but also includes data values interpolated to a set of standard depth levels.