Quality controlled water, sediment, tissue, and tar/oil chemistry analyses from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill event in the Gulf of Mexico from 04/2010 to 06/2011, sourced from NOAA's Query Manager data management system (NODC Accession 0086261).

This collection includes 4 data files (one each for water, sediment, tissue, and tar/oil analyses) containing data from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill Event Response Phase. These data are the work of Federal agencies, state environmental management agencies and BP and its contractors. This dataset represents the culmination of a quality-control process overseen by NOAA and involving each individual data provider. These data were originally uploaded by the data providers into the EPA Scribe data management system (see Scribe Database Collection, this page), and later transferred to NOAA’s Query Manager system for final evaluation by NOAA. The files in this collection are extractions from Query Manager. This dataset is considered to supersede the Scribe Database Collection.

Content

• Documentation
• Datasets:
  1. Sediment Sample Analyses
  2. Tar/Oil Sample Analyses
  3. Tissue Sample Analyses
  4. Water Sample Analyses

Completed dataset from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) collected during the response to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico onboard the M/V Ryan Chouest Cruise 1 through Cruise 15 from 2010-06-05 to 2010-09-14 (NODC Accession 0086283)

In response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) conducted on-site monitoring of dispersed oil at the request of BP.

This dataset contains structured content and unstructured content. The structured content is the CSIRO shipboard measurements including CTD vertical profiles, towed fluorometry, onboard hydrocarbon sensors and GCMS data. Unstructured content is associated with shipboard measurements, including photos, raw data files/casts, cast profiles, sonar contacts, daily reports and cruise summaries. Included in this data product are CSIRO documentation with detailed information in a database data dictionary and manifest.

Structured Data

CSIRO shipboard measurements: CTD vertical profiles, towed fluorometry, onboard hydrocarbon sensors and GCMS data.

Unstructured Data

Associated content: Photos, raw data files/casts, cast profiles, sonar contacts, daily reports and cruise summaries.
Documentation: Database data dictionary and manifest.

Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST) and Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) measurements and supporting data collected in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Incident from multiple vessels in the Gulf of Mexico from 21/04/2010 to 24/08/2010 (NODC Accession 0086284)

At the request of the United States government and BP, research scientists and technicians from the Centre for Offshore Oil Gas and Energy Research (COOGER), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) conducted at-sea monitoring operations with other scientific experts on board vessels R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas. From May 8 through August 24, 2010 the DFO COOGER team maintained a continuous monitoring program that recovered a total of 3197 unique water samples from 404 stations at depths down to 2000 m for analysis of dispersant effectiveness by characterizing oil droplet size and UV-fluorescence. This collection of data is organized into nine database tables which include all data used by COOGER to conduct analyses. These data include:

1. LISST data for in situ deployments;
2. discrete LISST data collected aboard R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas;
3. UV Fluorescence data collected aboard the R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas;
4. Hydrocarbon chemistry data;
5. CTD trace data;
6. CTD trace data matched to Niskin bottles;
7. R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas sampling station data (date, depth, location, and distance from wellhead); and
8. Wellhead data including daily oil flow and recovery, and dispersant application data.

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Collection of Scribe databases compiled in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident in the Gulf of Mexico from 04/23/2010 to 11/08/2011 (NODC Accession 0086261)

The Scribe Database Collection includes 14 databases containing data from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Oil Spill Event Response Phase. These databases are the work of Federal agencies, state environmental management agencies and BP and its contractors. The types of information include locations, descriptions, and analysis of water, sediment, oil, tar, dispersant, air and other environmental samples. Note: the water and sediment chemistry data from these databases has been extracted by cruise and archived separately in association with the other cruise-related data accessions. See the DWH Ocean In Situ Data page for access to those accessions.

Content

• Documentation
• Supporting Materials
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Project 1082 DW_Reporting: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Environmental Protection Agency Region 06
  • Project 1112 BP_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• National Park Service
  • Project 1133 NPS_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Project 1219 NOAA NOAADW: Database Files, ZIP Package
• US Geological Survey
  • Project 1260 USGSDW: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Alabama Department of Environmental Monitoring
  • Project 1119 ADEM_DW_Sampling_Analytical_Monitoring: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Alabama EnviroChem, Inc.
  • Project 1134 ALECI_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Project 1130 FLDEP_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality:
  • Project 1113 LDEQ_DW_Sampling_Analytical LDEQ: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
  • Project 1122 MSDEQ_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health:
  • Project 1120 CTEH_DW_Monitoring: Database Files, ZIP Package
  • Project 1300 CTEH_DW_Sampling_Analytical: Database Files, ZIP Package
• Environmental Standards Inc.
  • Project 1302 EnvStds_DW_Sampling_Analytical_2: Database Files, ZIP Package

Chemical and physical oceanographic data collected from numerous vessels in the Gulf of Mexico in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event and compiled for the Joint Analysis Group summary report: NOAA Technical Report NOS OR&R 27 (NODC Accession 0087872)

The Deepwater Horizon Joint Analysis Group (JAG) for Surface and Sub-Surface Oceanography, Oil and Dispersant Data was a working group with membership from federal agencies, BP, and academia that was formed to analyze sub-surface oceanographic data being derived from the on-going coordinated sampling efforts by private, federal and academic scientists as part of the spill response. The goal of the JAG was to provide comprehensive characterization of the Gulf of Mexico sub-surface conditions as well as the fate and transport of dispersed petroleum as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. JAG findings were published in a series of reports for the Unified Area Command as well as the public. This accession contains Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Volatile Organic Analysis data from laboratory analysis, as well as in situ Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter and dissolved oxygen data. This dataset was compiled as part of the final JAG summary report, and referred to in Appendix 3 of that report, NOAA Technical Report NOS OR&R 27 (2012).

Citation for JAG summary report: Joint Analysis Group, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (2011). Review of Subsurface Dispersed Oil and Oxygen Levels Associated with the Deepwater Horizon MC252 Spill of National Significance. NOAA Technical Report NOS OR&R 27. The report itself may be accessed through the NOAA Central Library.

Content

• JAG Analytical Chemistry Table
• JAG CTD Summary Table