Compass Port Baseline Marine Surveys: Vertical Hydrographic Profiles in a Grid of 49 Stations Around 30 05.410'N, 88 12.694'W (2004-2006)
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
- Citation:
- Citation_Information:
- Originator:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Publication_Date:
- Unpublished material
- Title:
- Compass Port Baseline Marine Surveys: Vertical Hydrographic Profiles in a Grid of 49 Stations Around 30 05.410'N, 88 12.694'W (2004-2006)
- Description:
- Abstract:
- In 2004 Compass Port LLC (Compass Port) and the Dauphin Island Sea lab (DISL), in consultation with NOAA, developed a research plan to assess the possible biological impacts of the proposed Compass Port liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in lease block MO910, approximately 18 km south of Dauphin Island. As part of the overall baseline survey, CTD profile data were collected in a grid around the proposed site at quarterly intervals from 2004 to 2006.
- Purpose:
- The study was designed to provide baseline information for the project area prior to construction of the proposed facility, and use the baseline information to develop an operational biological and physical monitoring program to ascertain whether predicted impacts would actually occur.
- Supplemental_Information:
- This metadata record describes only the CTD grid survey component of the larger work.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
- Time_Period_Information:
- Multiple_Dates/Times:
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20040825
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20041202
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20050420
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20050519
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20050523
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20050803
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20051103
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20060213
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20060509
- Single_Date/Time:
- Calendar_Date:
- 20060817
- Currentness_Reference:
- ground condition
- Status:
- Progress:
- Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency:
- None Planned
- Spatial_Domain:
- Bounding_Coordinates:
- West_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -88.2308
- East_Bounding_Coordinate:
- -88.18018
- North_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 30.10945
- South_Bounding_Coordinate:
- 30.06635
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword:
- oceans
- Theme:
- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Theme_Keyword:
- CTD
- Theme_Keyword:
- vertical profile
- Theme_Keyword:
- hydrographic data
- Theme_Keyword:
- temperature
- Theme_Keyword:
- salinity
- Theme_Keyword:
- density
- Theme_Keyword:
- water quality
- Place:
- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
- None
- Place_Keyword:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Place_Keyword:
- DISL
- Place_Keyword:
- Northern Gulf of Mexico
- Place_Keyword:
- Alabama
- Place_Keyword:
- Lease Block MO910
- Access_Constraints:
- Permission to access these data must be given by Dr. Kyeong Park of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
- Use_Constraints:
- Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Conoco Phillips is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
- Point_of_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Person_Primary:
- Contact_Person:
- Kyeong Park
- Contact_Organization:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Contact_Position:
- Principal Investigator
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Address:
- 101 Bienville Blvd.
- City:
- Dauphin Island
- State_or_Province:
- AL
- Postal_Code:
- 36528
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 251-861-2141 x7563
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- kpark@disl.org
- Hours_of_Service:
- 8-5:00 CST
- Contact_Instructions:
- Please email Dr. Kyeong Park for further information.
- Browse_Graphic:
- Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
- http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/approved_recs/org/disl/CompassPort/Park/CP-data/CP-CTD_browse_CP-CTD-map.PNG
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description:
- A map of the CTD survey stations around the proposed natural gas facility. The red dot indicates the location of a mooring that collected continuous time-series hydrographic and current velocity data during the study period.
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type:
- PNG
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
- space-delimited ASCII text files
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- Data_Quality_Information:
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
- not applicable
- Completeness_Report:
- At quarterly intervals from August 2004 to August 2006, vertical profile data were collected over a 1-2 day period from 49 survey stations. Station 32 was unavailable for data collection on the 200412 trip. All data collected on a 20050223 trip were bad due to rough weather, and a replacement trip occurred 20050420-21. There are data gaps from stations 26 and 43 in the 200504 trip.
- Lineage:
- Process_Step:
- Process_Description:
- Raw data were downloaded from the SeaBird Sealogger CTD (SBE 25) as hexadecimal text files, and converted to space-delimited text using SeaBird SBE Data Processing software. Data were then processed with FORTRAN to create simple diagnostic figures and bin-averaged values.
- Process_Date:
- Unknown
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- Compass Port CTD Profile Locations
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- A Microsoft Word document that contains a list of the latitude/longitude coordinates of the 49 stations. Stations were arranged in seven east-west transects of seven stations each.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- Station
- Attribute_Definition:
- Station number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 49
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- Latitude
- Attribute_Definition:
- Latitude of the station
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 30 6.567
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 30 3.981
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- degrees, decimal minutes
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- Longitude
- Attribute_Definition:
- Longitude of the station
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- -88 13.848
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- -88 10.811
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- degrees, decimal minutes
- Detailed_Description:
- Entity_Type:
- Entity_Type_Label:
- Compass Port CTD Profiles
- Entity_Type_Definition:
- A series of text files containing data from CTD casts done in a regular grid on a quarterly basis from 2004 to 2006. Each file contains data from one CTD cast. Files are organized in folders by cast date.
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- i
- Attribute_Definition:
- Line number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 1
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- infinite
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- d(m)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Depth below water surface. Raw data values are averaged into 0.2 m bins.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 40
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- meter
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- S (psu)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Salinity.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 40
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- psu
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- T(C)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Temperature.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- 0
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 40
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- Celsius
- Attribute:
- Attribute_Label:
- sigma-t (kg/m3)
- Attribute_Definition:
- Density as sigma-t.
- Attribute_Definition_Source:
- DISL: Park Lab
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
- Range_Domain:
- Range_Domain_Minimum:
- -10
- Range_Domain_Maximum:
- 40
- Attribute_Units_of_Measure:
- kilogram per cubic meter
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- Metadata_Reference_Information:
- Metadata_Date:
- 20140501
- Metadata_Contact:
- Contact_Information:
- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Organization:
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab
- Contact_Position:
- Data Management Specialist
- Contact_Address:
- Address_Type:
- mailing and physical
- Address:
- 101 Bienville Blvd.
- City:
- Dauphin Island
- State_or_Province:
- Al
- Postal_Code:
- 36528
- Country:
- USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone:
- 251-861-2141
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
- metadata@disl.org
- Hours_of_Service:
- 8-5:00 CST
- Contact_Instructions:
- Please email the metadata specialist for further information.
- Metadata_Standard_Name:
- FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version:
- FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
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