Subject: USGS Woods Hole Science Center Oceanographic Data Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:58:24 -0500 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! 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, among others, currents, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam attenuation), etc. Time range of the complete series is 1975 - present. I have placed the files Massachusetts_Bay_Circulation.zip and Mass_Bay_Internal_Wave_Ex.zip on the anonymous FTP site Liaison directory for your retrieval (ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/incoming/liaison/). The zip files (79 and 41 files, respectively) include the complete datasets and supporting metadata / associated files for field activities from the MASSACHUSETTS BAY CIRCULATION and MASSACHUSETTS BAY INTERNAL WAVE EXPERIMENT Field Programs, both of which took measurements of currents and other oceanographic properties at multiple locations in the Massachusetts Bay region to help better understand the transport and long-term fate of sediments and associated contaminants in Massachusetts Bay. Data includes basic sampling interval and hourly averaged data, Field Activity Reports, trip maps (.png), metadata files, ship photos, cruise reports, and Google Earth KML files. Data submission POC is Scott Mowery, NCDDC Northeast Regional Science Officer Original data from each cruise 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