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Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST) and Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) measurements and supporting data collected in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Incident from multiple vessels in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-04-21 to 2010-08-24 (NCEI Accession 0086284)

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At the request of the United States (U.S.) government and BP, research scientists and technicians from the Centre for Offshore Oil Gas and Energy Research (COOGER), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) conducted at-sea monitoring operations with other scientific experts on board vessels R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas to assist in a comprehensive environmental monitoring program in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Throughout the period from May 8 to August 24th the DFO COOGER team maintained a continuous monitoring program that recovered a total of 3197 unique water samples from 404 stations at depths down to 2000m for analysis of dispersant effectiveness by characterizing oil droplet size and UV-fluorescence. This collection of data is organized into nine database tables which include all data used by COOGER to conduct analyses. These data include LISST data for in situ deployments; discrete LISST data collected aboard R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas; UV Fluorescence data collected aboard R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas; Hydrocarbon chemistry data; CTD trace data; CTD trace data matched to Niskin bottles; R/V Brooks McCall and R/V Ocean Veritas sampling station data (date, depth, location, and distance from wellhead); and Wellhead data including daily oil flow and recovery, and dispersant application data.

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0086284 Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) CONDUCTIVITY DEPTH - OBSERVATION DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE SALINITY SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) WATER TEMPERATURE CTD Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST) transmissometer physical water chemistry Brooks McCall OCEAN VERITAS Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Gulf of Mexico oceanography CA/DFO > Fisheries and Oceans, Canada DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY CDOM CTD Conductivity DWH Deepwater Horizon Depth LISST LISST-100X Particle Size Analyzer MC252 Niskin bottles Ocean Veritas UV Fluorescence colored dissolved organic matter dispersant dissolved oxygen hydrocarbon chemistry laser in-situ scattering and transmissometry laser in-situ scattering transmissometer oil droplet size oil spill response pressure subsurface oil plume temperature water sample analysis wellhead oil flow CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth TRANSMISSOMETERS Ships Brooks McCall (call sign: WCZ7811, ICES code: 33TC) OCEAN VERITAS (call sign: WDD2502, ICES code: 33WV, -2011) Gulf of Mexico State of Alabama State of Louisiana State of Mississippi OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Gulf Coast Macondo Prospect Mississippi Canyon Mississippi Canyon Block 252

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