Project: Ross Productivity

Acronym/Short Name:

Ross Productivity

Start Date:

2005-02

End Date:

2021-08

Geolocation:

Ross Sea continental shelf

Programs:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study [U.S. JGOFS]

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Description

This compilation was funded by NSF in ca. 10 independent projects, and pulling all the data together was not directly part of any single NSF project. The value of the database is that these measurements are from a restricted area, cover nearly 25 years, and use a consistent methodology.

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Dataset Collections

Dataset Short Name	Full Dataset Title
Ross Sea Productivity	Compilation of primary productivity measurements collected from 1983-2006 from the Ross Sea

Deployments

Total: 17

Cruise/Deployment	Platform Type	Start Date	Chief/Co-chief Scientist
Glacier 1983 - Leg I and Leg II	vessel	12 Jan 1983	Walker O. Smith Stanley Jacobs
NBP-94-06	vessel	03 Nov 1994	Walker O. Smith
NBP-96-04A	vessel	02 Oct 1996	Walker O. Smith
NBP-97-01	vessel	13 Jan 1997	John F. Marra
NBP-97-03	vessel	04 Apr 1997	Hugh W. Ducklow
NBP-97-08	vessel	05 Nov 1997	Walker O. Smith
NBP0305A	vessel	18 Dec 2003	Walker O. Smith
NBP0501	vessel	28 Jan 2005	Walker O. Smith
NBP0601	vessel	17 Dec 2005	Giacomo DiTullio
NBP0608	vessel	01 Nov 2006	Giacomo DiTullio
NBP9508	vessel	11 Dec 1995	David L. Garrison
Polar Duke 1990	vessel	15 Dec 1989	David M. Nelson
Polar Duke 1992	vessel	19 Jan 1992	Dave J. DeMaster
Polar Sea 2001 - Leg 1 and Leg 2	vessel	03 Dec 2001	Walker O. Smith
Polar Sea 2002	vessel	04 Nov 2002	Walker O. Smith
Polar Sea 2003-2004	vessel	17 Nov 2003	Walker O. Smith
Polar Star 2004	vessel	04 Nov 2004	Walker O. Smith

Project Coordinators

Person	Roles	Affiliation
Walker O. Smith	Principal Investigator, Contact	Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

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