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 PI:              Atlantic Coastal Experiment (ACE) investigators
                    data submitted by Peter Verity
 dataset:         Atlantic Coastal Experiment (ACE) bottle profile data
 dates:           Feb 1975 - Aug 1985
 location:        N: 42.7883  S: 35.3550  W: -76.2467  E: -60.3333 
                    continental margin of the western North Atlantic Ocean, 
                    specifically the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic 
		    Bight between Cape Hatteras and Chesapeake Bay
 project/cruise:  ACE cruises

 PI list
 
 Program Description
 
 SMP Project Description
 
 Map of study area
  
 Reference:  Bauer, James E., Demaster, D.J., Repeta, D.J., Verity, P.G., 2002. 
             Biogeochemistry and Cycling of Carbon in the Northwest Atlantic 
             Continental  Margin: Findings of the Ocean Margins Program. 
             Deep Sea Research II, 49(20).
 
 A complete description of the Ocean Margins Program (OMP) is available from 
 the JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling Ocean Margins Program Home Page.
 
 DMO Note:  latitude and longitude are reported as 0.0000 and -0.0000 
            respectively, for the following cruise "a2lhyd" stations 
	    from which Silicate data was reported:  24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33


  Parameter   Description                        Units

  CRUISE      cruise identification
  STN         station number
  DATE        GMT (standard date)                YYMMDD
  TIME        GMT (standard time)                HHMM
  LAT         Degrees Latitude (N)               DD.ddd
  LON         Degrees Longitude (W)              DD.ddd
  DEP         Maximum Depth                      meters
  Pres        Pressure                           decibars
  PO4         Phosphate                          umol/liter
  SiO4        Silicate                           umol/liter
  NO3         Nitrate                            umol/liter
  NO2         Nitrite                            umol/liter
  NH4         Ammonium                           umol/liter
  Chl         Chlorophyll                        ug/liter
  Phaeo       Phaeopigments                      ug/liter
  DO2         Dissolved Oxygen                   umol/liter
  POC         Particulate Organic Carbon         ug/liter
  PON         Particulate Organic Nitrogen       ug/liter


nd or -9999.00 or -9999.000 represent missing values