Subject: Re: NODC receipt confirmation for Eric Webb; microscopy synechococcus counts per ml from the euphotic zone From: "Eric Webb" Date: Fri, December 10, 2010 3:01 pm To: "Danie Kinkade" hmm that is odd. It must have gotten rounded before it was sent to me. I will send an update today. the graph can go too. thanks e On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Danie Kinkade wrote: > Hi Eric, > We can disregard the tricho sheet, no problem. But the syne sheet still > has an unlabeled graph and whole degrees for positions. Could you provide > more detail on these issues or perhaps resubmit a more detailed sheet? > > Thanks for your consideration and attention. > -Danie > > >> 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 >> >> -- >> Excuse the typos - this was sent from my Phone >> >> On Dec 10, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Danie Kinkade >> 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 > -- Eric A. Webb Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Marine and Environmental Biology Section University of Southern California, AHF 331 3616 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089-0371 Phone: 213-740-7954 Fax: 213-740-2600 http://college.usc.edu/labs/webb/home/