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Chemical, physical, profile and other oceanographic data collected aboard NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-08-02 to 2010-08-08 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event (NCEI Accession 0070333)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2021-10-15T00:00:00.000+00:00
Chemical, physical, profile, laboratory analysis and underway oceanographic data were collected aboard NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-08-02 to 2010-08-08 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event on April 20, 2010, by the Subsurface Monitoring Unit (SMU), which consisted of multiple government and corporate agencies. These data include CDOM fluorescence, Semivolatile Organic Compounds, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH), Volatile Organic Compounds, conductivity, current speed - east/west component (U), current speed - north/south component (V), dissolved oxygen, hydrostatic pressure, salinity, sound velocity, temperature and water density. The instruments used to collect these data included ADCP, CTD, bottle, fluorometer and oxygen meter along with other physical sampling devices. More specific information about each dataset is located in their individual metadata records. The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler ADCP used sonar to measure and record water current velocities and the distribution of suspended material over a range of depths. Absolute U- and V-component ocean current vectors from the ADCP collected can be used to create detailed maps of the distribution of water currents and suspended materials through the water column along the ship's path. The data from this ADCP is raw and unprocessed. Some of the datasets associated with this instrument are still incomplete and will be published as they become available. This dataset also contains products created for use in real time analysis and decision support. These products may include charts, graphs, maps, plots, and GIS formatted data files. The CTD data underwent preliminary quality assurance and control procedures at the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC). The analytical chemistry data are provisional and provide results of onshore laboratory analysis of water and sediment samples. Cruise level information consisting of data management documents, cruise reports and plans, videos and pictures, and other miscellaneous documentation were gathered by the data managers.

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0070333 Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DISSOLVED OXYGEN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE SALINITY Semivolatile Organic Compounds SOUND VELOCITY Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) Volatile Organic Compounds WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE ADCP bottle CTD fluorometer oxygen sensor chemical laboratory analyses physical profile underway NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter British Petroleum Office of Response and Restoration U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Response and Restoration Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce IOOS > Integrated Ocean Observing System, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-Trifluoroethane 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 1,1-Dichloroethylene 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE 2-BUTOXYETHANOL 2-HEXANONE ACETONE ADCP Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Alkanes, Total Anthracene Aromatics, Total BP Benz(a)anthracene Benzene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(e)pyrene Benzo(g,h,i)perylene Benzo(k)fluoranthene British Petroleum C1-Benzanthrene/chrysenes C1-DIBENZOTHIOPHENES C1-FLUORANTHENES/PYRENES C1-Naphthobenzothiophene C1-Phenanthrenes/anthracenes C2-Benzanthrene/chrysenes C2-DIBENZOTHIOPHENES C2-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C2-Fluorenes C2-NAPHTHALENES C2-Naphthobenzothiophene C2-Phenanthrenes/anthracenes C3-Benzanthrene/chrysenes C3-DIBENZOTHIOPHENES C3-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C3-Fluorenes C3-NAPHTHOBENZOTHIOPHENES C3-Naphthalenes C3-Phenanthrenes/anthracenes C4-Benzanthrene/chrysenes C4-Fluoranthrenes/pyrenes C4-Naphthalenes C4-Phenanthrenes/anthracenes CARBON DISULFIDE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE CDOM_FLUORESCENCE_FLECO CFC-11 CFC-12 CHLOROBENZENE CHLOROETHANE CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHANE CONDUCTIVITY CTD CYCLOHEXANE Chlorodibromomethane Chrysene Cis-1,3-Dichloropropene Coordinate System Cumene DENSITY DI(Propylene Glycol)ButylEther DOXY_MASS DOXY_VOL DWH Datum Decane Deepwater Horizon Depth Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Dibenzothiophene Dichlorobromomethane Docosane Dodecane Dotriacontane Eicosane Ethylbenzene Expendable BathyThermograph Fluoranthene Fluorene GIS GPS Geographic Information System Geospatial Data Global Positioning System HENTRIACONTANE Halon 1011 Heneicosane Heptacosane Heptadecane Hexacosane Hexadecane Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene Latitude Log File Longitude MC252 Mammal MatLab Software Methyl Acetate Methyl bromide Methyl ethyl ketone Methyl isobutyl ketone Methyl tert-butyl ether Methylcyclohexane Methylene Chloride Methylfluorene Methylnaphthalene N-PENTATRIACONTANE NONACOSANE Naphthalene Naphthobenzothiophene Nonadecane Octacosane Octadecane PRESSURE Pentacosane Perylene Phenanthrene Phytane Pristane Projection Propylene glycol Pyrene SAL SOUND_VEL STYRENE Sea-Bird CTD SBE 911 Plus Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Sensor TEMP TETRACHLOROETHYLENE TPH TRIDECANE TRITRIACONTANE Temperature Tentatively Identified Compounds(1) Tentatively Identified Compounds(2) Tetracosane Tetradecane Tetratriacontane Thematic Map Toluene Triacontane Tribromomethane Trichloroethylene Tricosane Undecane VINYL CHLORIDE VOA VOC XBT Xylenes, Total acoustic acoustic Doppler current profiler analytical chemistry bathymetry chemical analysis cis-1,2-DICHLOROETHENE dispersant dissolved oxygen fluorescence hydrocarbon laboratory analysis laboratory results m-Dichlorobenzene nC-15 Pentadecane o-Dichlorobenzene oil plume oil seep oil sheen oil spill optical oxygen p-Dichlorobenzene salinity sediment samples semivolatile organic compound total petroleum hydrocarbons trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene trans-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE video volatile organic analysis volatile organic compound water column water samples ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS Ships GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) Gulf of Mexico State of Florida State of Louisiana State of Mississippi OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Northern Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Gulf Coast Mississippi Canyon

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