2014 Summer Hypoxia Watch Bottom CTD Station Locations

Description

The NOAA Hypoxia Watch project provides near-real-time, web-based maps of dissolved oxygen near the sea floor over the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf during a period that extends from mid-June to mid-July. The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Mississippi Laboratories at Pascagoula and Stennis Space Center and the NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) began the Hypoxia Watch project in 2001. Scientists aboard the NOAA Research Vessel Oregon II measure seawater properties, such as water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, and dissolved oxygen, as the Oregon II cruises the waters south of Pascagoula, MS and then makes its way from Brownsville, Texas, to the mouth of the Mississippi River. A scientist aboard the ship processes the measurements from electronic dissolved oxygen sensors, checks the measurements periodically with chemical analyses of the seawater, then sends the data by FTP to the NCEI approximately every three to four days. Physical Scientists at NCEI transform the dissolved oxygen measurements into contour maps, which identify areas of low oxygen, or hypoxia. During the cruise, as the data is received from the ship, NCEI generates new maps and publishes them on the web. The first map will usually cover an area off the Mississippi coast, successive maps will add areas of the continental shelf from Brownsville to Corpus Christi, and the final map will usually cover the entire Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi coast. Maps are published every three to four days from approximately June 22 to July 20.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/Oregon308_Stations_2014/html
0 This web map provides access to current and historical products and data. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/hypoxia/
57 This data download package contains a map .jpg, shapefile, and metadata record. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/waf/hypoxia-waf/documents/hypoxia/data/2014-Hypoxia-Stations.zip
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/gulf-mexico-hypoxia-watch
0 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/gulf-mexico-hypoxia-watch

Tags

  • terrestrial hydrosphere
  • united states of america
  • ocean chemistry
  • nesdis
  • oceans
  • continent
  • noaa
  • gases
  • southeast fisheries science center
  • southeast area monitoring and assessment program (seamap)
  • north america
  • water quality/water chemistry
  • atlantic ocean
  • gulf of mexico
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • texas
  • national marine fisheries service
  • low oxygen zone
  • ocean
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • dissolved oxygen
  • hypoxia watch
  • seamap summer groundfish survey
  • anoxia
  • florida
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/seamap
  • oregon ii
  • global positioning system
  • national oceanic and atmospheric administration
  • louisiana
  • alabama
  • gps
  • noaa ship oregon ii
  • north atlantic ocean
  • ctd stations
  • national centers for environmental information
  • dead zone
  • hypoxia

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