EK80 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During GU1903

Description

C. Operating Area (include optional map/figure showing op area) Western Atlantic along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast, cross-shelf, through Gulf Stream, out to blue water. Operations will be conducted in and around York Bight, Long Island Sound and Cape Cod. Gulf Stream eddies will be sampled along the way. Plan includes sampling transient features present in the region at the time of the cruise. Cruise begins in Norfolk, VA and will end in Norfolk, VA, US. Tentative cruise track (Fig. 1) is shown below along with daily locations in Table 1. Cruise track will be adjusted to maximize characterization of processes and features present during time of cruise. In addition, one of the issues with our work is that we need cloud free skies to maximize our work. We will be working with the crew to make adjustments to the cruise track daily. D1. VIIRS Cal/Val Objectives Observe and measure inherent and apparent optical properties of water masses for three primary objectives: 1) JPSS VIIRS ocean color satellite validation; 2) Inter-calibration and intercomparison of validation techniques and measurements; and 3) optical characterization of ocean variability (i.e. coastal, near-shore, cross-shelf, eddies, fronts, filaments, blue water).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Publication of Sea Areas is maintained by IHO. https://iho.int/
0 Web page containing information on the water column sonar data archive. https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/wcd/
0 Interactive map viewer to allow discovery and access to water column sonar data https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/water-column-sonar/index.html?surveys=GU1903&instruments=EK80
0 AWS Cloud Storage to provide additional public access to water column sonar data through the NOAA Open Data Dissemination project (NODD) https://registry.opendata.aws/ncei-wcsd-archive/
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

Tags

  • water column
  • vertical location
  • acoustic scattering
  • water column mapping system
  • benthic
  • ecosystems
  • nesdis
  • biosphere
  • bathymetry
  • in situ/laboratory instruments
  • oceans
  • national geophysical data center
  • noaa
  • marine ecosystems
  • aquatic sciences
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • profilers/sounders
  • earth science
  • acoustic sounders
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ngdc
  • bathymetry/seafloor topography
  • aquatic ecosystems
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • fisheries
  • pelagic
  • wcms
  • north atlantic ocean
  • seafloor topography
  • national centers for environmental information
  • ocean acoustics

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