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Acoustic doppler current meter data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deep Water Program in the the Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2003 (NCEI Accession 0002196)

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A research program has been initiated by the Minerals Management Service (Contract No. 1435-01-99-CT-30991) to gain better knowledge of the benthic communities of the deep Gulf of Mexico entitled "The Deepwater Program: Northern Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Habitat and Benthic Ecology." Increasing exploration and exploitation of fossil hydrocarbon resources in the deep-sea prompted the Minerals Management Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to support an investigation of the structure and function of the assemblages of organisms that live in association with the sea floor in the deep-sea. The program, Deep Gulf of Mexico Benthos or DGoMB, is studying the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) continental slope from water depths of 300 meters on the upper continental slope out to greater than 3,000 meters water depth seaward of the base of the Sigsbee and Florida Escarpments. The study is focused on areas that are the most likely targets of future resource exploration and exploitation.
  • Cite as: Wolff, Gary A.; Texas A&M University (2005). Acoustic doppler current meter data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deep Water Program in the the Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2003 (NCEI Accession 0002196). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002196. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1999-09-01 to 2003-08-01
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -96
East: -85.47
South: 23.47
North: 29.33
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2005-05-25
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
Investigators: Dr. Gilbert Rowe, Dr. Mahlon C. Kennicutt, Dr. John McEachran, Dr. Bob J. Presley, Dr. Gary A. Wolff, Dr. Joan Bernhard, et. al.
The data file format description is included in the "Entity and Attributes" section of the associated FGDC description for each data file (located in subdirectory: data/0-data/meta).
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  • accessLevel: Public
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Wolff, Gary A.; Texas A&M University (2005). Acoustic doppler current meter data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deep Water Program in the the Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2003 (NCEI Accession 0002196). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002196. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Wolff, Gary A.; Texas A&M University (2005). Acoustic doppler current meter data collected in support of the Minerals Management Service-supported Deep Water Program in the the Gulf of Mexico, 1999 - 2003 (NCEI Accession 0002196). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002196. Accessed [date].
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  • Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Processing Steps
  • 2005-05-25T12:59:51Z - NCEI Accession 0002196 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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  • ADCP
  • buoy - moored buoy
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  • FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
  • GYRE
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