Entry_ID: ARCSS064
Entry_Title: SCICEX Hydrographic Data, 1997 and 1998
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Robin D. Muench and John T. Gunn
   Dataset_Title: SCICEX Hydrographic Data, 1997 and 1998
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2003-06-17
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss064.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Robin
   Middle_Name: D.
   Last_Name: Muench
   Email: rmuench@esr.org
   Phone: 1 425 726-0501 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Earth & Space Research
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98102
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: John
   Middle_Name: T.
   Last_Name: Gunn
   Email: gunn@esr.org
   Phone: 1 425 726-0501 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Earth & Space Research
      City: Seattle
      Province_or_State: WA
      Postal_Code: 98102
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Chemistry
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Temperature
   Variable_Level_1: Water Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Salinity/Density
   Variable_Level_1: Conductivity
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Salinity/Density
   Variable_Level_1: Salinity
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Keyword: ADCC
Keyword: Amundsen Basin
Keyword: ARCSS064
Keyword: Arctic Ocean Basin
Keyword: Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Canada Basin
Keyword: Chuckchi Cap
Keyword: Chuckchi Sea
Keyword: Depth Probes
Keyword: Expendable CTD Profiles
Keyword: Laptev Sea
Keyword: Lomonosov Ridge
Keyword: Makarov Basin
Keyword: Nansen Basin
Keyword: National Science Foundation
Keyword: NSF
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: Ocean Water Conductivity Measurements
Keyword: Ocean Water Salinity Measurements
Keyword: Ocean Water Temperature Measurements
Keyword: ONR Grant N00014-96-1-0855
Keyword: OPP9801379
Keyword: OPP-9801379
Keyword: Profile Data
Keyword: SCICEX Program
Keyword: Scientific Ice Expeditions Program
Keyword: Submarines
Keyword: United States Navy
Keyword: xCTD probes
Sensor_Name: CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
Source_Name: SUBMARINE
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1997-09-03
   Stop_Date: 1997-10-02
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Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 1998-08-01
   Stop_Date: 1998-09-02
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: -70.8917
   Northernmost_Latitude: 89.5367
   Westernmost_Longitude: -179.8767
   Easternmost_Longitude: 174.1617
   Minimum_Depth: 20 meters
   Maximum_Depth: 1020 meters
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Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: -72.58
   Northernmost_Latitude: 88.655
   Westernmost_Longitude: -179.9067
   Easternmost_Longitude: 178.2717
   Minimum_Depth: 20 meters
   Maximum_Depth: 1020 meters
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: POLAR
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Group: Data_Resolution
   Vertical_Resolution: 1 m
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Project: SCICEX > Scientific Ice Expeditions
Group: Quality

   Data that were considered of poor quality (based upon high noise levels, 
   abnormal spikes or jumps, or other indicators of problems) were replaced with 
   the value -999.00.  The data were despiked, filtered with a 5-point Gaussian 
   filter, and interpolated to 1-meter depth intervals.

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Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: ARCSS/ADCC
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC > National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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   End_Group
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Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_ARCSS > NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARCSS
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 2 - 7 MB
   Distribution_Format: ASCII Text
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Group: Reference

   Muench, R.D., J.T. Gunn, T.E. Whitledge, P.Schlosser, and W.E. Smethie, Jr., 
   2000. An Arctic Ocean cold core eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 
   23997-24006.

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Group: Summary

   The Scientific Ice Expeditions (SCICEX) Program was a series of five 
   multidisciplinary scientific cruises that utilized US Navy operational 
   submarines as platforms for sampling the Arctic Ocean.  The program's numerous 
   principal investigators worked towards the overarching goal of characterizing 
   the upper layers of the Arctic Ocean as completely as possible.

   This data set includes hydrographic data obtained during the 1997 and 1998 
   (third and fourth) SCICEX cruises, aboard the USS Archerfish and the USS 
   Hawkbill, respectively. Water column profile data were collected using a 
   submarine-launched conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) probe.  Probe 
   depths were computed based on a known fall rate, temperature (T) and 
   conductivity values were measured by probe sensors, and salinity was computed 
   from these values.  Derived variables, including pressure (calculated from 
   depth and latitude), potential temperature, sigma-t (a representation of 
   density), and sigma-theta (sigma-t calculated with potential temperature), are 
   also included.

   Profile data were generally collected to a depth of 1000 m at 1-m depth 
   intervals, with variable horizontal distance between the profiles.  Data were 
   collected between September 3 and October 2, 1997, and between August 1 and 
   September 2, 1998, along extensive transects within the Arctic Ocean.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://adcc.colorado.edu/arcims/website/arcss064/technicalities.html
   Description: Interactive online map display
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
   End_Group
   URL: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/SCICEX/
   Description: SCICEX (Scientific Ice Expeditions)
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IDN_Node: USA/NOAA
Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2003-06-17
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-09-18
DIF_Revision_History: deleted duplicate Related URL