"Deepwater CTD - 00538419.bdo.nc - 20.33N, -94.24W - 1968-05-17"

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) of the U. S. Department of the Interior funded the Deepwater Physical Oceanography Reanalysis and Synthesis of Historical Data Study in the Gulf of Mexico. MMS awarded the contract to the Texas A&M Research Foundation in July 1998. The basic study area is bounded by the shelf edge and the 25DGN latitude, which is the southern boundary; it extends from sea surface to sea floor. MMS has four objectives for the study. First is to create an inventory of physical oceanographic data and compile it into a single database on a CD-ROM. Second is to conduct analyses and interpretations of the physical oceanographic data to identify physical processes and phenomena. Third is to produce a climatology of the processes from available data and analyses and to prioritize the processes in terms of importance to improved understanding, simulation, and prediction of deepwater circulation. Fourth is to provide criteria and constraints useful in design of future field observations and numerical modeling efforts. Study results will provide MMS with information needed to direct its resources more efficiently and effectively in the review and assessment of potential environmental impacts of offshore oil and gas operations in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

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Metadata Date

2024-09-17

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Distributor Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
Point of Contact Marion Stoessel, Dr. Matthew K. Howard
Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
mstoessel@ocean.tamu.edu, mkhoward@tamu.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Marion Stoessel, Dr. Matthew K. Howard
Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
mstoessel@ocean.tamu.edu, mkhoward@tamu.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
contributor Steven F. DiMarco, Matthew K. Howard, Ann E. Jochens
sdimarco@tamu.edu, mkhoward@tamu.edu, ajochens@tamu.edu
Dataset Point of Contact Felimon Gayanilo
GCOOS
+1 361-825-3454
data@gcoos.org
General Documentation
Associated Documentation Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
Date(s) creation: 2002-12-13
issued: 2002-12-13
creation: 2002-12-13
issued: 2002-12-13
creation: 2002-12-13
issued: 2002-12-13
creation: 2002-12-13
issued: 2002-12-13
Use Limitations Unrestricted use and distribution
Time Period 1968-01-20T03:14:07Z to 1968-01-20T03:14:07Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 20.325° S: 20.325° E: -94.242° W: -94.242°
Theme keywords Uncategorized
  • 00538419.bdo
  • a&m
  • acoustic
  • adcp
  • and light transmission
  • bathythermograph
  • chemistry
  • concentration
  • current
  • currents
  • data
  • deepwater
  • density
  • department
  • dissolved
  • dissolved nutrients
  • dissolved o2
  • doppler
  • earth
  • expendable bathythermograph
  • expendible
  • flag
  • fluorescence
  • gom
  • gulf
  • historical
  • identifier
  • instrument
  • instrument1
  • instrument2
  • instrument3
  • instrument4
  • instrument5
  • levels
  • mass
  • mbt
  • mexico
  • mms
  • n02
  • nitrate
  • nitrite
  • no3
  • number
  • numberOfLevel
  • nutrients
  • O2
  • ocean
  • oceanography
  • oceans
  • oxygen
  • phosphate
  • physical
  • po4
  • practical
  • pressure
  • profile
  • profiler
  • quality
  • qualityFlag
  • reanalysis
  • salinity
  • salinity-temperature-depth
  • salinity2
  • science
  • sea
  • seawater
  • silicate
  • statistics
  • std
  • study
  • synthesis
  • t-s
  • temperature
  • texas
  • university
  • velocity
  • water
  • xbt
  • xcp

GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Silicate
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Phosphate
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen

CF Standard Name Table v55
  • time
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • number_of_depth_levels
  • depth
  • sea_water_temperature
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
  • mass_concentration_of_nitrite_in_sea_water
  • mass_concentration_of_nitrate_in_sea_water
  • mass_concentration_of_phosphate_in_sea_water
  • mass_concentration_of_silicate_in_sea_water
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography
Use Constraints Unrestricted use and distribution
Lineage Statement files first created on 2002-12-13 14:24
Platforms
platform SAN PABLO
platform_vocabulary GCMD Science Keywords Version 8.6
Ingestion Attributes
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
contributor_email sdimarco@tamu.edu, mkhoward@tamu.edu, ajochens@tamu.edu
contributor_name Steven F. DiMarco, Matthew K. Howard, Ann E. Jochens
creator_phone +1-979-845-7662, +1-979-862-4169
creator_url http://ocean.tamu.edu//people/researchpersonnel/stosselmarion, https://ocean.tamu.edu//people/researchpersonnel/howardmatthewk
publisher_phone +1-979-458-3274
infoUrl http://ocean.tamu.edu//people/researchpersonnel/stosselmarion, https://ocean.tamu.edu//people/researchpersonnel/howardmatthewk
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v55