Java Ocean Atlas - Reid/Mantyla Section Data, a Library of More than 2000 Oceanographic Sections Developed from the Cruises Used in the Reid/Mantyla Pre-WOCE Data Set (NCEI Accession 0001456)

This dataset includes data from approximately 12,000 stations that J. L. Reid and A. W. Mantyla have used in various world ocean studies. These data have been accumulated for the purpose of global ocean studies and are not intended for fine scale analyses. Each station represents the best station available for that locality at the time of the selection. The set was compiled over many years and from many sources and has been brought up to date as new data have become available. Most of the data were obtained from the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The others came directly from various P.I.s in various formats and may lack some NODC parameters such as ship, country, and institution codes and NODC accession number. It should be noted that these are edited data files and an accurate account of deletions and corrections is, unfortunately, not available. In some cases these data may not agree exactly with versions published later or data supplied later by the NODC or an originator. Only stations that reach close to the bottom were chosen. This means, unfortunately, that the set is rather sparse near the equator. It is believed that the temperature and salinity measurements are acceptable. However, some of the oxygen and nutrient data are quite poor. They have not been eliminated from the data set, but simply ignore them in hand-contouring. They would have been eliminated if the troubles they cause in computer-contouring or instant atlases has been understood, but this set was begun before such methods were generally available. A few known systematic errors such as IGY oxygens or early Discovery oxygens and silicates have been adjusted, based upon deep comparisons with more modern data. In a few localities, stations have been reoccupied many times and a mean composite profile is given; at other localities, only the most recent, or the best sampled profile is saved and all others deleted. Because of the large-scale scope intended for this data array, some closely-spaced stations have been omitted. When needed, those stations can be retrieved from tapes of the entire cruise.