-------- Original Message -------- Subject: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Cruise Reports and CTD data Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:59:20 -0400 From: Scott.Mowery To: NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov CC: Scott Mowery References: <49DDFD32.4070201@noaa.gov> <49DE4CB4.6030600@noaa.gov> <49E7442A.5020509@noaa.gov> <4A143C7F.2010102@noaa.gov> <4A1EE496.6000209@noaa.gov> <4A82D1CD.1090606@noaa.gov> <4AD774B1.7080709@noaa.gov> Aloha Silver Spring! University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Cruise Reports and CTD data from the Bio-physical Interactions in the Turbidity Maximum (BITMAX-II) program sent to the NODC FTP site for adding to the NODC Accessions. --------------------------------------------- Submitted by Steve Suttles, Project Engineer at Green Eyes, LLC, this is one of eight cruise package of the BITMAX-II program. Data is packaged into a single ZIP file that contains MERMAid generated FGDC compliant metadata (xml and html), data file (CSV), cruise report (pdf), and associated files in seperate sub-directories to support the html metadata (CSS and Java). I have placed the file BM0701.zip on the anonymous FTP site Liaison directory for your retrieval (ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/incoming/liaison/). The zip file includes the complete dataset and supporting metadata / associated files for cruise activities. As noted in the SIF and metadata, this data was collected to map physical and biological conditions in the upper Chesapeake Bay as part of an effort to identify and understand mechanisms that influence trophic transfer in the Estuarine Turbidity Maximum. This data set contains the Cruise Report and CTD data from 1 of 8 main cruises in the upper Chesapeake Bay on board the R/V Hugh R. Sharp from February 2007 to October 2008. Objectives of this cruise were to sample the estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) region of the Chesapeake Bay with a suite of in situ sensors (conductivity, temperature, depth, fluorometer, optical backscatter sensor, laser in-situ scattering and transmissometry device (LISST 100C), and Tracor acoustic profiling system (TAPS)), Niskin bottles, MOCNESS zooplankton nets, and a digital imaging particle settling tube with in-situ capture (DIPSTIC). The ETM in this system is most prominent in deeper waters of the shipping channel near the freshwater/saltwater interface. The sampling strategy included 1) axial surveys of the region with CTD casts and Niskin bottles conducted at 11 stations, 2) axial surveys to sample zooplankton with MOCNESS net tows, and 3) time course sampling with Niskin bottles and DIPSTIC at three anchor stations. NOAA data submission POC is Scott Mowery, NCDDC Northeast Regional Science Officer, (240)676-3619, 672 Independence Pkwy, Chesapeake, VA (scott.mowery@noaa.gov). UMCES data provider POC is Steve Suttles, Project Engineer, Green Eyes LLC., Tel. (410)221-8242, 5745 Lovers Lane Cambridge, MD 21613 (steve@greeneyesobserving.com). ---------------------------------------------- Thanks, Scott