The sound velocity data in this accession were collected from USS HAYLER in between October 10, 1993 and October 30, 1993. The sound velocity in water is analog profiles data that was recorded in stripcharts by US Navy. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time/date/ship id/latitude/longitude annotated on the strip chart. Stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by US Navy, San Diego, CA.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected in Bering Sea. Data was collected from Ship ALPHA HELIX cruise HX 171. The data was collected over a period spanning from June 12, 1993 and July 1, 1993. Data from 81 stations was submitted in a diskette by Dr. Chirk Chu, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

The sound velocity data in this accession were collected from USS STUMP DD-978 in January 1994 by US Navy. The sound velocity in water is analog profiles data that was recorded in stripcharts. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time/date/ship id/latitude/longitude annotated on the strip chart. Fifty nine stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by the US Navy, San Diego, CA.

The drifting buoy data in this accession was collected in NW Atlantic (limit-40 W) between August 23, 1993 and December 6, 1993 as part of Physical Oceanography Field Program offshore North Carolina by Science Applications, Inc., Raleigh, NC. The project was supported by grant MMS # 14-35-0001-30599. The water depth and other drifting buoy data from 8 buoys containing 465 records was submitted in a tape by Dr. Thomas Berger has been processed by NODC and is currently available in F156 Drifting Buoy file format.

The sound velocity data in this accession were collected from USS STUMP DD-978 in February 1994 by US Navy in NE Pacific (limit-180). The sound velocity in water is analog profiles data that was recorded in stripcharts. Radio logs are forms that contain time, weather latitude/longitude, vessel id, ship id, etc. These are radioed every two hours to some military center. One line per strip chart. Some strip charts have time/date/ship id/latitude/longitude annotated on the strip chart. Thirty two stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to NODC by the US Navy, San Diego, CA.

In April 1986 a major oil spill from a ruptured storage tank at a local refinery just east of the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal polluted an area of coral reefs, mangrove forests, and grassbeds along the Caribbean coast of the Republic of Panama. The area affected included a biological reserve of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) where baseline biological and environmental data had been collected for the previous 15 years.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected in Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea. Data was collected from Ship ALPHA HELIX. The data was collected over a period spanning from September 9, 1993 to October 10, 1993. Data was submitted in a diskette by Dr. Chirk Chu, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

The Profiles of Chlorophyll data from NASA Goddard and Phytoplankton wet weight data in this accession was submitted by Mr. Charles R. McClain of US National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Washington DC. The data was collected in 15 different oceans and compiled in SeaWiFS calibration/validation historical pigment database. There are two versions of the data base. One contains approx. 180,000 records for depths of 0-10 meters. A second file contains approx. 330,000 records and includes all available depths provided by the individual investigators.

Current meter components data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the NE Pacific (limit-180) from 27 May 1992 to 15 August 1993. Data were collected by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) in support of the VENTS program. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 Current Meter Components format.

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected as part of Vents Program in Coastal Waters of Washington / Oregon, NE Pacific (limit-180). VENTS conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean. The program is directed toward achieving an understanding of the chemical and thermal effects of venting along the northeast Pacific seafloor spreading centers on the North Pacific Ocean. The data was collected by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA.