Subject: Re: NODC receipt confirmation for Eric Webb; microscopy synechococcus counts per ml from the euphotic zone From: "Danie Kinkade" Date: Mon, December 13, 2010 2:11 pm To: "Eric Webb" That sounds great, I'll look for the update. Thanks so much for your time, Danie > 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/ > >