Dataset: emet_W15_1998

Name: Meteorology and sea surface temperature (MET) 15 minute averaged data from eight R/V Oceanus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank area during 1998 (GB project)
Published: 2004-04-29
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2316.1

Spatial Extent: N:43.8344 E:-65.2331 S:39.6191 W:-71.0406

Temporal Extent: 1998-02-07 - 1998-12-14

Project:

U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GB)

Program:

U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Richard Payne (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Robert C. Groman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2004-04-29

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Meteorology and sea surface temperature (MET) 15 minute averaged data from eight R/V Oceanus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank area during 1998 (GB project)

Abstract:

Meteorology and sea surface temperature (MET) 15 minute averaged data from eight R/V Oceanus cruises in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank area during 1998

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2004-04-29	National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)	0104425	2013-04-15
2004-04-29	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.2316.1	2019-02-20

Description

Continuous along track meteorology and sea surface data,
15 minute averaged values, 1998


Processed by:
Richard Payne
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
Woods Hole, MA 20543
rpayne@whoi.edu
 
Additional 
data processing notes are available.

The sea surface temperature as measured by the hull sensor is not shown since the sea surface temperature as measured via the engine inlet (field name is temp_ss1) is more accurate.

Processing Notes

Concatenate daily 1 minute files into one file for whole cruise
Edit file for obvious bad data, i.e., missing data, garbage characters, etc.
Run program which reformats data. Output parameters:
Year day, lat, long, Speed made good, course made good, gyro 1 & 2, Edo speed, Edo indicator, port wind speed, starboard ws, port wind azimuth, starboard waz, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, sea surface temp @5m & 1m depth, Edo depth, Chirp sonar depth.
Put plots of all parameters on screen and look for obvious single bad points. Edit in basic concatenated file. Except I have not edited depths.
Iterate steps 2-4 until no more obvious bad points.
Run second program which computes true wind speed and direction from speed and course made good, gyros, larger of port or starboard ws and accompanying wind azimuth. Outputs are year day, lat lon, speed and course made good, gyro, relative ws and direction, true ws and direction, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, short- and long-wave radiation,5m and 1m sea surface temps, Edo depth, Chirp sonar depth, Edo speed, Edo indicator.
Check plots of true wind speed and direction to make sure they look ok.
Run vector averaging program which produces 60 minute series. The program uses 60 consecutive records and does not check for missing records. I have not carried depths since hourly averages do not seem useful nor Edo speeds since they seem pretty generally useless. Output parameters are: Year day, lat, long, true wind speed and direction, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, short- and long-wave radiation, sea surface temp @ 5m & 1m.

From: Richard E. Payne, April 27, 1998
Updated: April 29, 2004; G.Heimerdinger

Methods & Sampling

The sea surface temperature as measured by the hull sensor is not shown since the sea surface temperature as measured via the engine inlet (field name is temp_ss1) is more accurate.

Data Processing Description

Concatenate daily 1 minute files into one file for whole cruise
Edit file for obvious bad data, i.e., missing data, garbage characters, etc.
Run program which reformats data. Output parameters:
Year day, lat, long, Speed made good, course made good, gyro 1 & 2, Edo speed, Edo indicator, port wind speed, starboard ws, port wind azimuth, starboard waz, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, sea surface temp @5m & 1m depth, Edo depth, Chirp sonar depth.
Put plots of all parameters on screen and look for obvious single bad points. Edit in basic concatenated file. Except I have not edited depths.
Iterate steps 2-4 until no more obvious bad points.
Run second program which computes true wind speed and direction from speed and course made good, gyros, larger of port or starboard ws and accompanying wind azimuth. Outputs are year day, lat lon, speed and course made good, gyro, relative ws and direction, true ws and direction, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, short- and long-wave radiation,5m and 1m sea surface temps, Edo depth, Chirp sonar depth, Edo speed, Edo indicator.
Check plots of true wind speed and direction to make sure they look ok.
Run vector averaging program which produces 60 minute series. The program uses 60 consecutive records and does not check for missing records. I have not carried depths since hourly averages do not seem useful nor Edo speeds since they seem pretty generally useless. Output parameters are: Year day, lat, long, true wind speed and direction, air temp, relative humidity, barometric pressure, short- and long-wave radiation, sea surface temp @ 5m & 1m.

Edo depth error correction: replace bad value with previous value.
OC333 - Raw water depth included for first time but data were useless.
Cruise Exp   Spds  Dirs   AT   RH    BP   SST   SWR Prec    SSC   SSAL
OC333 GLOBEC Good  Good  Good Good  Good Good   Good Good  Noisy  VNoisy

Data Files

File
emet_W15_1998.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 946.07 KB) MD5:f3a0c1e0e02e4e85d4c198d4a14847c0 Primary data file for dataset ID 2316

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
National Science Foundation	unknown GB NSF
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	unknown GB NOAA

Deployments

Deployment	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
OC317	1998-02-06	R/V Oceanus	Dr David Mountain (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC319	1998-03-15	R/V Oceanus	Peter H. Wiebe (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC321	1998-04-06	R/V Oceanus	Jim Irish (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC322	1998-04-15	R/V Oceanus	Dr Charles B. Miller (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC331	1998-10-04	R/V Oceanus	Jim Irish (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC332	1998-10-19	R/V Oceanus	Dr Charles H Greene (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC333	1998-11-15	R/V Oceanus	Richard Limeburner (Chief Scientist)	data info
OC334	1998-12-03	R/V Oceanus	Dr Charles H Greene (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Thermosalinograph

Supplied Description:

Thermosalinograph used to obtain a continuous record of sea surface temperature and salinity.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Thermosalinograph

Acronym: TSG

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/133/

Generic Description:

A thermosalinograph (TSG) is used to obtain a continuous record of sea surface temperature and salinity. On many research vessels the TSG is integrated into the ship's underway seawater sampling system and reported with the underway or alongtrack data.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	cruise identifier		cruiseid
year	year, GMT e.g. 1997.		year
si	scientific investigator responsible for this cruise		investigator
month_gmt	month of year, GMT e.g. 6 is June		month_gmt
day_gmt	day of month, GMT		day_gmt
time_gmt	time of day, GMT, 24 hour clock	hoursandminutes	time_gmt
lat	latitude, south is negative	decimaldegrees	lat
lon	longitude, west is negative	decimaldegre es	lon
depth_w	water depth	meters	depth_w
depth_cs	Chirp Sonar water depth	meters	depth_cs
wind_speed_c	wind speed corrected for ship's motion	meters/second	wind_speed_c
wind_dir_c	wind direction, meteorologic convention, corrected for ship's motion	degrees	wind_dir_c
wind_speed_r	wind speed, relative to ship	meters/second	wind_speed_r
wind_dir_r	wind direction, relative to ship, meteorologic convention	degrees	wind_dir_r
temp_air	air temperature	degreesC	temp_air
humidity	relative humidity	percent	humidity
press_bar	b arometric pressure	millibars	press_bar
precip_level	level in the precipitation gauge, total precipitation between two times is the difference in levels (+50 cm if the gauge self-siphoned)	centimeters	precip_level
ed_sw	short wave downward irradiance	watts/meter^2/second	ed_sw
ed_lw	long wave downward irradiance	watts/meter^2/second	ed_lw
temp_ss1	sea surface temperature 1 meter below the surface	degreesC	temp_ss1
temp_ss3	sea surface temperature 3 meters below the surface	degreesC	temp_ss3
temp_ss5	sea surface temperature 5 meters below the surface	degreesC	temp_ss5
cond_mM	sea surface conductivity	mmho/centimeter	cond_mM
sal_ss3	sea sur face salinity, nominally measured at 3 meters	PSU	sal_ss3
yrday_gmt	Julian day, GMT e.g. 29.5 is January 29 at 1200 hours	decimalday	yrday_gmt
numb_records	number of records used to compute this value		no_bcodmo_term