Date: 10 Oct. 2000

To  : Frank Mitchell

From: Sid Stillwaugh

Subj: Transfer of ISHTAR Nutrients Data Sets
     

Frank:

I have placed on the NODC anonymous ftp site, a total of 2 .zip
files, when opened, contain 3 nutrients only data sets and their
associated metadata entry forms (see below).  NODC has the CTD data
for each of these data sets, I have annotated the accession no.
associated with each file immediately below.  Here's the breakdown;

File    Project    Variables             Associated CTD Data Set
                                         on file at NODC
----    ------     ---------             -----------------------

HX97    ISHTAR     depth, nh4,               8700277
                   urea, no2 + no3 only

TT221   ISHTAR     depth, nh4, po4,          8800260
                   sio3, no2 + no3 only

TT222   ISHTAR     depth, po4, sio3,         8800260
                   nh4, no2 + no3 only


 
These data were received via the Univ. of AK/IMS DataBase web
server.  These are "mixed ocean" data sets.

Files Sent;

1) Data Files

   imsnutdat.zip  (53 kb) when opened, find the following files

a) hx97nut.dat   (44 kb)
b) tt221nut.dat  (95 kb)
c) tt222nut.dat  (139 kb)

2) Metadata Entry Forms

   imsnutmet.zip  (1 kb) when opened, find the following files

a) hx97met.inv  (all 1 kb)
b) tt221met.inv
c) tt222met.inv


NODC Catalog Info -----------------------------------------------

NODC Accession no.  :
Date Received       :
PI/Source           : Dr. Terry Whitledge, Univ. of Alaska/IMS, 
                      Fairbanks, AK  99775
Project             : ISHTAR
Data Type           : nutrients only
Sampling Method     : vertical casts (bottle data) at fixed 
                      locations
Obs. Dates          : April 17, 1987 to July 21, 1988(not inclusive)
Obs. Location       : Bering Sea, Gulf of AK, NE Pacific
Data Amount         : 3 files
Ship(s)/Cruise(s)   : Alpha Helix, Thomas G. Thompson / HX97
                      TT221, TT222
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Please acknowledge with an NODC accession no. as one is assigned.