Oceanographic data from CTD casts from 01 May 1992 to 08 May 1992. Data were collected by Texas A&M University (TAMU) as part of the Texas-Louisiana Shelf Circulation and Transport Processes Study (LATEX PART A). Data are self documenting and parameters include temperature, pressure, oxygen concentration, transmissivity, potential temperature, sound velocity, fluorescence, irradiance (PAR), and backscatter.

The water depth and temperature data were collected in arctic west from ship POLAR STAR between August 11, 1992 and October 6, 1992. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data were submitted on a diskette by Ms. Diane Foster of US Coast Guard, Groton CT. The data have been converted and are now available on line in C116 (XBT) file format of NODC.

The water depth and temperature data were collected in he water depth and temperature data were collected in Gulf of Mexico as part of Louisiana-Texas (LATEX part C) Gulf of Mexico Eddy Circulation Study from aircraft between August 7, 1992 and October 11, 1992. The originator's bathythermograph aerial (AXBT) data containing 67 drops were submitted by Dr. Thomas Berger, Science Applications, Inc. Raleigh NC. The study was supported by grant no MMS 14-35-0001-30633.

This archival information package contains a listing of codes and chemical names that were used in NODC Standard Format Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants (F144) data files and may have been used in other non-F144 data files. The listing of codes and names are based on Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) chemical identification codes used in NODC standard formats to identify specific chemical compounds prior to the mid-1990s.

Temperature and salinity profiles were collected from CTD casts from the ship RACINE in the Gulf of Alaska from 1992-08-13 to 1992-10-24. Data are from 18 stations in a single ASCII text file. Data are water temperature, salinity and pressure.

The water depth and temperature data were collected in north and south Atlantic as part of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) from four different ships between August 14, 1986 and December 4, 1986. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data tape containing profiles were submitted by Dr. Reiner Onken, University of Kiel, Germany. The data have been converted and are now available on line in C125 Bathythermograph-XBT-Selected Depths file format of NODC.

The oceanographic data in this accession was collected by German Oceanographic data center from 60 cruises using 12 different ships. The data was collected between August 13, 1973 and December 11, 1990. The data was submitted by Dr. Friedrich Nast, Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and Water Depth and Temperature Bathythermograph (XBT) data were collected in Gulf of Mexico as part of Texas Institutions Gulf Ecosystem Research (TIGER) project funded by grant no MMS # 14-35-0001-30501. Data was collected from Ship GYRE cruises 92G09, 92G10 and 92G13. The data was collected over a period spanning from September 26, 1992 to October 31, 1992. Data was submitted in two diskettes by Dr. Douglas C. Biggs, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

The data set on this CD-ROM shows changes in land cover for the Chesapeake Bay region over the 5-year interval from 1984 to 1988-89. The data set was produced through a multi-year effort that focused on the Chesapeake Bay as a prototype for the Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) of the NOAA Coastal Ocean Program's Estuarine Habitat Studies Program. The CD-ROM was produced cooperatively by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC).

The Aerial Survey data in this accession was collected in Kasegaluk Lagoon and Beaufort Sea between January 1977 and December 1991. Observations were made regarding mammals and birds sighted during the surveys as well as amount of ice cover in the lagoon and open sea. Types of birds, their numbers and sexes were identified. Characteristics, location and extent of ice cover was noted. LGL Ltd. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada collected the data and it was submitted by Dr. Stephen R. Johnson, British Columbia, Canada to NODC.