From "Scott.Mowery" Date Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:14:57 -0400 To NODC.DataOfficer@noaa.gov Cc Scott Mowery Subject USGS Woods Hole Data Aloha Silver Spring! USGS Woods Hole Science Center legacy data attached for adding to the NODC Accessions. --------------------------------------------- Working with Ellyn Montgomery, USGS Woods Hole Data Manager, this is one element of the USGS inventory of archived time series data. Data is provided in the basic sample interval and hourly averaged. Variables include currents, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam attenuation) and others. Time range of the complete series is 1975 - present. I have placed the file Cape_Cod_Bay.zip on the anonymous FTP site Liaison directory for your retrieval (ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/incoming/liaison/). The zip file (47 files) includes the complete datasets and supporting metadata / associated files for field activities from the CURRENT AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN CAPE COD BAY Field Program, a pilot winter-time study to determine the effect of winter storms in causing sediment movement at two potential dredge spoil disposal areas. Measurements include current, pressure, temperature, conductivity, attenuation, and salinity. The files are organized into separate directories for the Basic Sampling Interval and Hourly Averaged Data; the remaining Field Activity Reports, trip Maps (.png), metadata files, and Google Earth KML files are included in the root directory. The package also includes .pdf scans and text files from associated navigation nine track tapes. Original data is provided at a basic sampling interval dataset and hourly averaged data from each cruise. The data is stored in _Net_work _C_ommon _D_ata Format (netCDF) files using the EPIC (_E_quatorial _P_acific _I_nformation _C_ollection) conventions defined by the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. NOAA data submission POC is Scott Mowery, NCDDC Northeast Regional Science Officer, (240)676-3619, 672 Independence Pkwy, Chesapeake, VA (scott.mowery@noaa.gov). USGS data provider POC is Ellyn Montgomery, Oceanographer and Data Manager, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Tel. (508)457-2356, Woods Hole Science Center, 384 Woods Hole Rd., Quissett Campus, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1598 (emontgomery@usgs.gov). ---------------------------------------------- Thanks, Scott -- Scott Mowery Oceanographer Northeast Regional Scientist NOAA National Coastal Data Development Center Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services 672 Independence Parkway Chesapeake, VA 23320 757.842.4442 240.676.3619 (cell) 757.436.9292 (fax) Visit us at ncddc.noaa.gov