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Physical, chemical and biological data from the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project from 1957 through 1984

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000+00:00
This collection consists of physical, chemical, meteorological, and biological data collected for the NOAA Marine EcoSystems Analysis Program (MESA) New York Bight project, between 1973 and 1984. Additional data collected as early as 1957 may have also been used in support of the project. These data were collected in and around the New York Bight located along the coasts of New Jersey and New York, from numerous platforms including ships, boats, aircraft, fixed stations and buoys, as well as by direct human observation and collection. These data were collected by numerous organizations in support of the project.

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W. PIERCE GOSNOLD H. J. W. FAY JOHNSON MAKO NOAA Ship Albatross IV NOAA Ship Delaware II NOAA Ship Ferrel NOAA Ship George B. Kelez NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell NOAA Ship Oregon II NOAA Ship Researcher R/V Atlantis R/V Micmac R/V ROBERT D. CONRAD RORQUAL SUB SIG II UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES USCGC Valiant USNS James M. Gilliss USS Albatross USS Venture XIPHIAS Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Brookhaven National Laboratory City University of New York Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda Ichthyological Associates Inc. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Nassau County Department of Health, Bureau of Water Surveillance NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center Raytheon Company Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey State University of New York at Stony Brook United States Geological Survey US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Cooperative Oxford Laboratory US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Sandy Hook, NJ/J.J. Howard Laboratory US Environmental Protection Agency Virginia Institute of Marine Science Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Brookhaven National Laboratory City University of New York Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Nassau County Department of Health, Bureau of Water Surveillance NMFS/SEFSC - Beaufort Lab NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory NOAA Fisheries Northwest Regional Office State University of New York at Stony Brook US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Cooperative Oxford Laboratory US DOC/NOAA/NMFS/Northeast Fisheries Science Center - Sandy Hook, NJ/J.J. Howard Laboratory Virginia Institute of Marine Science Marine Ecosystems Analysis Project - New York Bight (MESA-NYB) North East Monitoring Program (NEMP) Gulf of Panama New York Bight oceanography BIGELOW > Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences COLUMBIA/LDEO > Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University CWM/VIMS > Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOE/BNL > Brookhaven National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy DOI/USGS > U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION NEMP > Northeast Monitoring Program EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PHOTOSYNTHESIS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CURRENT METERS DRIFTING BUOYS > DRIFTING BUOYS FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS GRAB SAMPLERS HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS NETS > NETS OPTSPEC > Optical Spectrometer OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS PH METERS > PH METERS PLANKTON NETS SALINOMETERS SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS THERMOSALINOGRAPHS TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES TRANSMISSOMETERS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Ships ADVANCE II (ICES code: 32AD) ALBATROSS (ICES code: 31AF) ALBATROSS IV (call sign: WMVF, ICES code: 31A4, 1963-2008) ANNANDALE (ICES code: 319Q) ATLANTIC TWIN (call sign: WY5063, ICES code: 32AW) ATLANTIS I 1931-9/63 (ICES code: 31AT) CAPE HENLOPEN (ICES code: 32CW) CHALLENGER (ICES code: 323H) COLUMBUS ISELIN (ICES code: 32IC) COMMONWEALTH (ICES code: 319H) DELAWARE (ICES code: 31DE) DELAWARE II (ICES code: 316G) DOLPHIN (ICES code: 31DP) EASTWARD (ICES code: 31EZ) FERREL (call sign: WTEZ, ICES code: 318L, 1968-2002) FYKE (ICES code: 32FK) G. B. KELEZ (ICES code: 31KE) G. W. PIERCE (ICES code: 31PP) GILLISS (ICES code: 31GI) GOSNOLD (ICES code: 31GO) H. J. W. FAY (ICES code: 31FY) JOHNSON (ICES code: 32JO) MAKO (ICES code: 32QM) MICMAC (ICES code: 317J) MT. MITCHELL (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 31M7, 1968-1995) OREGON II (call sign: WTDO, ICES code: 316O, 1977-) ROBERT D. CONRAD (call sign: WHBA, ICES code: 31RD, 1962-1989) RORQUAL (ICES code: 31RR) Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987) SUB SIG II (ICES code: 32G8) VALIANT (ICES code: 31VB) VENTURE (ICES code: 312X) XIPHIAS (ICES code: 32XI) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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