This entry contains the results from the Outer Continental Shelf study (OCS) benchmark study in the North Atlantic which ran during the month of May 77 from the R/V GYRE. These data were submitted by Energy Resources Co., Inc. in fulfillment of BLM contract #AA550-CT6-51. This tape contains eleven files with different file types and therefore different reference numbers. A description of the files and a listing of the reference numbers is available. Documentation describes methods of observation and instruments used, units in which measurements are taken, including analytical methods and laboratory procedures used to analyze data.

This dataset contains the results from the Outer Continental Shelf Study (OCS) Benchmark Study in the North Atlantic which ran from February 10 to March 7, 1977 from R/V GYRE. These ocean station data were submitted by Energy Resources Co., Inc. in fulfillment of BLM contract # AA550-CT6-51. This data contains eleven files with different file types and therefore different reference numbers. The following is a description of the files and a listing of the reference numbers: file 1 labeled L00998, L130 contains nutrient, temp, salinity and do data; file 2 labeled L00965, L513 contains %silt, %clay, %grain size, %carbon and %nitrogen in sediments data; files 3 and 4 labeled L00963, L521 contains taxonomic code, counts and egg/larvae data; file 5 labeled L00966, L134 contains metals in zooplankton, water, sediment and macrobenthos data; file 6 labeled L00967, L131 contains lipids, hydrocarbons in water, zooplankton, macrobenthos, sediment and surface film data; file 7,8,9 labeled L00968 contain macrobenthic taxonomic codes and counts.

This data set contains CTD data from The Transient Tracers in the Ocean-North Atlantic study collected from April 1 to October 19, 1981. the data were collected on the RV Knorr by the Physical and Chemical Oceanographic data facility, Scripps. The submitters were R.T. Williams, F. Delahoyde and K.M. Sanborn. These data cover legs 1-7 of this study. the data are in non-NODC format. There are seven tapes containing this data set. The tapes have been assigned the following reference numbers: L00522, L00523, L00524, L00525, L00529, L00530, L00531. These data are from originator's tape C and include stations 1-250.

This entry contains the results from the Outer Continental Shelf Study (OCS) benchmark study in the North Atlantic which ran May 5 to September 2, 1977 from the R/V GILLISS. These data were submitted by Energy Resources Co., Inc. in fulfillment of BLM contract # AA550-CT6-51. This data contains eleven files with different file types and so different reference numbers have been assigned. The following is a description of the files and a listing of the reference numbers: file 1 labelled L01000, L130 contains nutrients, sal, temp and do data; file 2 labelled L00984, L513 contains %silt, %clay, %grain size, %carbon and %nitrogen in sediments; file 3,4 labelled L00985, L521 contains taxonomic code, counts and egg/larvae; file 5 labelled L00986, L134 contains metals in zooplankton, water, sediment and macrobenthos; file 6 labelled L00987, L131 contains lipids, hydrocarbons in water, zooplankton, macrobenthos, sediment and surface film and; file 7,8,9 labelled L00988, L504 contains macrobenthic taxonomic codes and counts.

This dataset consists of helium and tritium data submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the Transient Tracers in the Ocean Funding Organization (TTO) North Atlantic Survey and NATS (North Atlantic Tracer Section) programs. The TTO data was collected during 7 legs of the R/V Knorr from April to October 1981. The NATS data was collected during legs 1-3 of the Atlantis from June to September 1981. The TTO program has reference number L00944 and the NATS program has a reference number of L00945. These programs were supported by NSF grants OCE79-21378 and OCE81-17998.

This data file contains compressed versions of physical- chemical oceanographic data collected using electronic CTD and STD recorders. These data were collected in the Norwegian sea from February to April 1982. These data were collected from the CSS HUDSON. The next data set data were collected in the Southern ocean and Southern Atlantic on the KNORR from October 1983 to February 1984 as part of the AJAX expedition. LEG I of the cruise is under reference number L00064; Leg II is under L00065. Both the data sets were submitted by Arnold Mantyla from Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO). The data are in Oceanographic Station Data (SD2) format. Data has been processed by NODC to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022) and Ocean Station (C100) formats. The Oceanographic Station Data (C100) 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. The F022 format contains high-resolution data collected using CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) and STD (salinity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity, and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t), and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals. A text record is available for comments.

The Ocean Station Data from 17 stations; and Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) data from 49 casts were collected using ship Stark during cruises # 688-711. The data was collected from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1991 in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. The Station S data was received by NODC via internet from George Heimerdinger.

This dataset includes chemical, discrete sample, physical and profile data collected from KNORR in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1986-04-24 to 1986-05-18 and retrieved during cruise R/V Knorr WBEX. These data include CHLOROFLUOROCARBON-11 (CFC-11), DISSOLVED OXYGEN, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, NITRATE, NITRITE, PHOSPHATE, Potential temperature (theta), RADIUM ISOTOPES, SALINITY, SILICATE and WATER TEMPERATURE. The instruments used to collect these data include CTD and bottle. These data were collected by William M. Smethie Jr. of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and William J. Jenkins of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the GLODAPv2_316N19860424 dataset.

XBT data from cruise KN 156 received at NODC on 11/30/04 by Ricardo Locarnini as an email attachment sent by Eric D'Asaro, University of Washington. PI Peter Rhines, University of Washington.

The Ocean Station Data; and Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) Bottle data from 25 casts were collected using ship R/V Weatherbird II during cruises # 791-813. The data was collected from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 1995 in Bremuda, NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) by Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. The Station S data was received by NODC via internet from George Heimerdinger.