Date: 17 July 2003

To : Frank Mitchell

From: Sid Stillwaugh

Subj: Transmittal #154, Transfer of Southern Ocean GLOBEC project Chlorophylls Data Sets

Frank:

I have placed on the NODC anonymous ftp site, one file, when opened,

contains Southern Ocean GLOBEC project chlorophylls data,

(see below). Data set contains depth, chlorophyll_a and phaeophytin.

Data set results from the year 2001 Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise, NBP01-04.

Each file has annotated into it, methods and file parameters for the data set. The data was received courtesy of the U.S.GLOBEC data server

website. These are "coastal ocean" data sets, western Antarctic shelf.

Files Sent:

1) Data File

nbp0104_chloro_dat.txt (59 kb)

NODC Catalog Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NODC Accession no. :

Date Received :

PI/Source : Dr. Maria Vernet, Scripps Institiute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

(mvernet@ucsd.edu)

Project : Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)

Data Type : depths, chlorophyll a, phaeophytin

Sampling Method : bottle casts at fixed locations

Observation Dates : July 27, 2001 to August 25, 2001

Observation Location : Southern Ocean

Data Amount : 1 file

Ship/Cruise : Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP01-04

Please acknowledge with an NODC accession no. as one is assigned.