omp_ctd

 PI:              Ocean Margins Program (OMP) investigators
                    data submitted by Peter Verity
 dataset:         Ocean Margins Program - CTD Data
 dates:           1993; 1994; 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
 
 CTD 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
  TEMP            CTD Temperature                degrees C
  SAL             CTD Salinity                   P78
  COND            Conductivity                   mmho
  SIGMA_T         Sigma T                     
  DISS_OXY        Dissolved Oxygen               umol/kg
  FLUOR           Fluorometer                    volts
  BEAM_ATT        Beam attenuation               1/m


nd or -9999.00 or -9999.000 represent missing values