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 PI:              Ocean Margins Program (OMP) investigators
                    data submitted by Peter Verity
 dataset:         Ocean Margins Program - Bottle Data
 dates:           May 1993; March-July 1994; March, July-August 1996
 location:        N: 41.5080  S: 35.4408  W: -77.4000  E: -67.0000
                    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:  OMP cruises: GYRE9306, CI9402 CI9404 CI9408, EN279 EN280, SJ9607 SJ9608
 ship:            Gyre, Columbus Iselin (CI), Endeavor (EN), Seward Johnson (SJ) 

 PI list
 
 Methodology:  Flagg, Charles N., Pietrafesa, Leonard J., Weatherly, George L., 2002. 
               Springtime hydrography of the southern Middle Atlantic Bight and the onset 
               of seasonal stratification. Deep-Sea Research II, 49(20): 4297-4329.
 
 Program Description
 
 SMP Project Description
 
 Map of study area
 
 Bottle data summary matrix
 
 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.


  Parameter       Description                        Units

  CRUISE          cruise identification
  STN             station number
  CAST            cast number
  DATE            GMT (standard date)                YYMMDD
  TIME            GMT (standard time)                HHMM
  LAT             Degrees Latitude (N)               DD.ddd
  LON             Degrees Longitude (W)              DD.ddd
  DEP             Station Depth                      meters
  Pres            Pressure                           decibars
  CTD_Tem         CTD Temperature                    degrees C
  CTD_Sal         CTD Salinity                       P78
  BOT_Sal         Bottle Salinity                    P78
  Bot_DO2         Bottle Oxygen                      umol/kg
  NO3             Nitrate                            umol/kg
  NO2             Nitrite                            umol/kg
  NH4             Ammonium                           umol/kg
  PO4             Phosphate                          umol/kg
  SiO4            Silicate                           umol/kg
  Chl             Chlorophyll                        ug/kg
  Phaeo           Phaeopigments                      ug/kg
  POC             Particulate Organic Carbon         umol/kg
  PON             Particulate Organic Nitrogen       umol/kg
  TCO2            Total CO2                          umol/kg
  Alk             Alkalinity                         umol/kg


nd or -9999.00 or -9999.000 represent missing values