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Chemical, physical, profile and other oceanographic data collected aboard NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean from 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-18 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event (NCEI Accession 0069077)

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Chemical, physical, profile, biological, laboratory analysis, meteorological, navigational, tows and underway oceanographic data were collected aboard NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean from 2010-06-30 to 2010-07-18 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, plankton, salinity, sound velocity, temperature and water density. The instruments used to collect these data included ADCP, CTD, Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS), bathythermograph - XBT, bottle, fluorometer, oxygen meter and thermosalinographs along with other physical sampling devices. More specific information about each dataset is located in their individual metadata records. 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. 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. 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. 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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0069077 Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DISSOLVED OXYGEN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE PLANKTON SALINITY Semivolatile Organic Compounds SOUND VELOCITY Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) Volatile Organic Compounds WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE ADCP bathythermograph - XBT bottle CTD fluorometer Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) oxygen sensor thermosalinograph biological chemical laboratory analyses meteorological navigational physical profile tows underway NOAA Ship Nancy Foster 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) Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean 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 > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON 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 CDOM_FLUORESCENCE_FLECO CDOM_FLUORESCENCE_wetCDOM CFC-11 CFC-12 CHLOROBENZENE CHLOROETHANE CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHANE CONDUCTIVITY CTD CYCLOHEXANE Chlorodibromomethane Chrysene Cis-1,3-Dichloropropene Cumene DENSITY DI(Propylene Glycol)ButylEther DIC DOXY_MASS DOXY_VOL DWH Decane Deepwater Horizon Depth Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Dibenzothiophene Dichlorobromomethane Docosane Dodecane Dotriacontane EEM Eicosane Ethylbenzene Expendable BathyThermograph Fluoranthene Fluorene GPS Global Positioning System HENTRIACONTANE Halon 1011 Heneicosane Heptacosane Heptadecane Hexacosane Hexadecane Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene MC252 MOCNESS Methyl Acetate Methyl bromide Methyl ethyl ketone Methyl isobutyl ketone Methyl tert-butyl ether Methylcyclohexane Methylene Chloride Methylfluorene Methylnaphthalene Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System N-PENTATRIACONTANE NONACOSANE Nancy Foster Naphthalene Naphthobenzothiophene Nonadecane Octacosane Octadecane PAH PRESSURE Pentacosane Perylene Phenanthrene Phytane Pristane Propylene glycol Pyrene SAL SAMOS SCS SOUND_VEL STYRENE SVP Scientific Computer System Scientific Computing System Sea-Bird SBE 21 SEACAT Thermosalinograph Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Sensor Sea-Bird SBE 9 CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System Shipboard Computer System Sippican Deep Blue Expendable Bathythermograph System TEMP TETRACHLOROETHYLENE TPH TRIDECANE TRITRIACONTANE TSG Temperature Tentatively Identified Compounds(1) Tentatively Identified Compounds(2) Tentatively Identified Compounds(3) Tentatively Identified Compounds(4) Tentatively Identified Compounds(5) Tentatively Identified Compounds(6) Tentatively Identified Compounds(7) Tentatively Identified Compounds(8) Tetracosane Tetradecane Tetratriacontane Toluene Triacontane Tribromomethane Trichloroethylene Tricosane Undecane VINYL CHLORIDE VOA VOC WET Labs CDOM ECO Fluorometer WET Labs ECO Fluorometer Winkler XBT Xylenes, Total acoustic acoustic doppler current profiler analytical chemistry angle bathymetry bongo chemical analysis chlorophyll cis-1,2-DICHLOROETHENE colored dissolved organic matter dispersant dissolved inorganic carbon dissolved oxygen drifter excitation-emission matrix flow flow-through flowthrough fluorescence fluorometry hydrocarbon ichthyoplankton laboratory analysis laboratory results m-Dichlorobenzene meteorology methane nC-15 Pentadecane navigation neuston nutrients o-Dichlorobenzene oil plume oil sheen oil spill p-Dichlorobenzene phytoplankton picoplankton plankton plankton tow polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons salinity sediment samples semivolatile organic compound surface velocity program thermosalinograph total petroleum hydrocarbons trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene trans-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE velocity volatile organic analysis volatile organic compound volume water column water samples weather zooplankton ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS MOCNESS > MOCNESS Plankton Net OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs Ships NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) Florida Keys Gulf of Mexico State of Florida State of Louisiana State of Mississippi OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Floridian Northern Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Gulf Coast Macondo Prospect Mississippi Canyon

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