#CONTRIBUTOR(S), INSTITUTE(S), CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mr. Jamison Gove
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED)
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Kewalo Research Facility
1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 983-3702
Fax: (808) 592-7013
email: Jamison.Gove@noaa.gov

#ORIGINATOR(S), INSTITUTE(S), CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dr. Rusty Brainard
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

#TITLE: 
Deep Profiles of Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen Saturation, and Flourescence
Data from 12 Select R/V Oscar Elton Sette Cruises in the Northwest Hawaiian 
Islands 2003-2007

#ABSTRACT: 
The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, part of the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
conducted cruises in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands on the R/V Oscar Elton 
Sette during 2003-2007.  12 select cruises are included in this batch.  
Finalized data include the profiles of temperature, salinity, oxygen saturation, 
and fluorescense.  Most hydrocast stations are near atolls and islands.  These 
are referred to as deep profiles and mostly reach to 500 m.

#PURPOSE:  
Understand the physical characteristics for better interpretation
of ecosystem dynamics.

#LOCATION EXTREMES:
SOUTHERNMOST LATITUDE:  22.532483
SOUTHERNMOST LATITUDE HEMISPHERE: N
NORTHERNMOST LATITUDE:  28.43085
NORTHERNMOST LATITUDE HEMISPHERE: N
WESTERNMOST LONGITUDE: 178.4247833
WESTERNMOST LONGITUDE HEMISPHERE: W 
EASTERNMOST LONGITUDE: 161.997766
EASTERNMOST LONGITUDE HEMISPHERE: W  

#LOCATION KEYWORDS: 
Pacific Ocean, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Papahanaumokuakea
Marine National Monument, NIHOA, FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS, GARDNER,
MARO, LAYSAN, LIZIANSKI, PEARL AND HERMES, MIDWAY, KURE, NECKER,
NIHOA, NECKER, GARDNER, MARO, and LAYSAN

#SAMPLING STATIONS: 
see list above

#BEGIN AND END DATES: 
yyyymmdd
20030514 - 20070809

#SAMPLING PERIODS:
Cruises:
Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 03-04
Monk Seal Field Camp Support and Personnel Transport
13 - 28 May 2003
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 03-06
Coral Reef Ecosystem Research
12 Jul - 17 Aug 2003
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 04-07
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
30 May - 14 Jun 2004
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 04-10
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
30 Jul - 16 Aug 2004
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 04-11
Environmental Monitor Research, Black Coral Research
Leg I: 24 Aug - 7 Sep 2004
Let II: 8 - 13 Sep 2004
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Channel waters of Lahaina, Maui

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 05-04
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
21 Mar - 3 Apr 2005
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 05-06
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
5 - 20 May 2005
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 05-09
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
19 Jul - 5 Aug 2005
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 06-04
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
6-17 Apr 2006
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 06-06
Monk Seal Field Camp Support
8-23 May 2006
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 06-07
Lobster Trapping
5 Jun - 3 Jul 2006
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Oscar E. Sette, Cruise 07-06
19 Jul - 09 Aug 2007
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

#PARAMETERS: 
depth (dbars)
temperature (celcius)
salinity (psu)
oxygen saturation (mL/L)
fluorescence, Seapoint

#METHODOLOGY:
Standard hydrocasts.  These data have been calibrated, processed,
and quality controlled by NOAA/NMFS/CRED

#INSTRUMENT TYPES:
Seabird SBE, Fluorometer (Seapoint)

#REFERENCES: 
none

#SUBMITTING MEDIUM:
ASCII text files, MS Excel spreadsheets, via FTP

#DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION, FILE NAMES AND FORMATS:
Directory 0-data: files as provided by the originator

1) Directory organization
   /OESyycc   : a directory for each cruise, yy:year cc:sequential
     /processed  :all finalized files here

2) Filenaming convention and formats
FILENAME       COMMENT
xxxxxxx.cnv    Final profile data; filename varies, extention always "cnv".
               Typically the filename has a sequence number or place name
               to denote the cast.
               ASCII format, Self-description header information
xxxxxxx.XLS    Cast Logs, MS Excel format

Directory 1-data: files created by NODC
  *ASCII CSV redundant copies were made for any cruise that
   included Excel spreadsheets.
   /OESyycc   : a directory for cruise, yy:year cc:sequential
     /processed  :all finalized files here
FILENAME       COMMENT
xxxxxxx.csv    Same name as used for Excel spreadsheet-- only the
               extension was changed.  When multiple sheets per
               Excel file, multiple CSV files were made.

#DATASET SIZE:
13606 Kbytes

#NUMBER OF DATA UNITS:
12 cruises, 126 profiles

#MISCELLANEOUS: