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Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama from 2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29 (NCEI Accession 0174413)

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A continuous time series of temperature, salinity, density, and current velocity data at twenty minute intervals, collected between 24 March and 09 September, 2010, from a small coastal ocean observing system 25 kilometers southwest of the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama (30.0902 degrees N, 88.2116 degrees W) that the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has been operating since 2004.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Park, Kyeong; Tzeng, Mimi W. (2018). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama from 2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29 (NCEI Accession 0174413). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0174413. Accessed [date].

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Time Period	2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -88.2116 East: -88.2115 South: 30.0902 North: 30.0902
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Publication Dates	publication: 2018-07-20
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	Submission Package ID: HH76XC
Purpose	Hydrographic and current velocity data collected from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)'s coastal ocean observing system were analyzed as part of a project to identify and determine the kinematic and dynamic transport processes that govern the distribution, dispersion, dilution, and fate of oil-derived substances in Alabama's coastal waters. The subset of data examined from DISL's system were collected before, during, and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Louisiana in April 2010.
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Dataset Citation	Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Park, Kyeong; Tzeng, Mimi W. (2018). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama from 2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29 (NCEI Accession 0174413). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0174413. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Dzwonkowski, Brian Dauphin Island Sea Lab Park, Kyeong Dauphin Island Sea Lab Tzeng, Mimi W. Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Principal Investigators	Brian Dzwonkowski Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)
Resource Providers	Mimi Tzeng Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CURRENT METER - DIRECTION CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT METER - SPEED DISSOLVED OXYGEN OXYGEN OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION SALINITY WATER DENSITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS in situ time series WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
Data Center keywords	NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD - moored CTD temperature sensor Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS Provider Instruments coastal observing system moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moored CTD moored YSI
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Provider Place Names Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) Mobile Bay Northern Gulf of Mexico
Project keywords	Provider Project Names Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources-Marine Resources Division Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL)
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0174413

Use Constraints	Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Park, Kyeong; Tzeng, Mimi W. (2018). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama from 2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29 (NCEI Accession 0174413). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0174413. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	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.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps	2018-07-20T11:36:21Z - NCEI Accession 0174413 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0174413 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0174413 v1.1 (download) published 2018-07-20T11:36:21Z

Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps	Parameter or Variable: TEMPERATURE [WATER TEMPERATURE] (measured); Units: Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	ADCP CTD - moored CTD temperature sensor

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Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama from 2010-03-24 to 2010-09-29 (NCEI Accession 0174413)

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