Hi Diane,

I did not intend to submit the tricho counts - I am not sure that they are as robust as
the syne.  So could you just delete that sheet?  

Thanks
E

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Excuse the typos - this was sent from my Phone

On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Danie Kinkade <Danie.Kinkade@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Dear Eric Webb,
> 
> Thank you for submitting your synechococcus count data and metadata to the U.S. National Oceanographic
> Data Center.   The NODC received your data and metadata on 06 December, 2010 via email attachment.
> 
> Your submission has been assigned NODC Accession Number 0069125, which is a tracking number for the NODC 
> Ocean Archive. Please reference this number when corresponding with NODC about these data.  You can find 
> information about your archival data set at http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/accession/0069125.
> 
> While reviewing your submission, some questions were generated; we're hoping you can help answer or resolve these, 
> in order to provide the best possible version of your data and metadata for the archive and for users discovering and 
> understanding your data.
>  
> The excel file submitted contains two sheets; one, labeled "syne" is assumed to be the synechococcus data, but is the 
> second sheet labeled "tricho" intended for archive?  Could you confirm that trichodesmium counts were also submitted?  
> The Electronic Data Documentation Form states only synechococcus for submission. 
> 
> The submission does not contain header descriptions or definitions in the file or accompanying metadata.  Could 
> you please provide a description or definition of the headers that would help users understand the contents of each  
> sheet  (for example could you clarify that depth on sheet "tricho" is in meters, and the definition of the header "fil/ > 10L")?
> 
> Each sheet also contains graphics that are not titled or labeled.  Could you provide this information or perhaps 
> submit the plots or graphs as separate images? 
> 
> Within the data itself, geographic position is recorded in a very coarse resolution.  Is it possible to provide a higher 
> resolution than whole degrees latitude and longitude?  
> 
> The sheet entitled "tricho" contains data from stations that have no geographic position, date or cruise reference.   
> Do these stations correspond to the station numbers within sheet "syne"?  There are data on this sheet for depths that 
> do not correspond to any station and this sheet also contains columns of data with no header or description.
> 
> Perhaps the easiest solution would be to resubmit these data once these minor issues have been resolved.  Again, 
> we thank you for providing your data for archive and appreciate your time and attention in this matter.  We look forward
> to hearing from you.
> 
> Regards,
> Danie Kinkade