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Salinity, temperature and water levels and other data from fixed stations in the Gulf of Mexico from 1933-07-01 to 1987-07-21 (NCEI Accession 8800149)

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This dataset consists of volume discharges from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers collected by Louisiana State University from September 1985 to December 1987 as part of the MMS/OCS development and potential coastal habitat alteration. The sampling area was coastal Louisiana. Parameters reported are salinity, temperature and water levels. This work was funded under MMS contract number 14-12-0001-30252. The documentation includes the data format and site identification. More information can be found in "Causes of Wetland Loss in the Coastal Central Gulf of Mexico", Vol II: Technical Narrative, OCS study MMS 87-0120, R.E. Turner and D.R. Calhoun (eds.), Louisiana State University, 1988.

This dataset also includes historical water level data going back to 1933.
  • Cite as: Cahoon, Donald R.; Louisiana State University (2002). Salinity, temperature and water levels and other data from fixed stations in the Gulf of Mexico from 1933-07-01 to 1987-07-21 (NCEI Accession 8800149). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800149. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1933-07-01 to 1987-12-29
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -94
East: -89
South: 29
North: 30.1
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Causes of wetland loss in the coastal central Gulf of Mexico / edited by R. Eugene Turner, Donald R. Cahoon (Coastal Ecology Institute, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University); New Orleans, La.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office; Springfield, Va.: Available from N.T.I.S., 1988
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2002-11-19
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
The publication(s) listed below are related to the data collection and are available from the NOAA Central Library:

1988 Causes of Wetland Loss in the Coastal Central Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans, La. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office ; [Springfield, Va. : Available from N.T.I.S.], 1988.

1987 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report, Joint Typhoon Warning Center, Guam, Mariana Islands. U.S. Naval Oceanography Command Center, Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM).

Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description.

To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis.

Points of contact for this data set include:
Contact info:
Agency: LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
PI: Calhoun, D
PI: 64
Address:
address: ROOM 335 RUSSELL-HOWE BLDG. WEST
city: BATON ROUGE
state: LA
postal: 70803
country: UNITED STATES
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations
  • accessLevel: Public
  • Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Cahoon, Donald R.; Louisiana State University (2002). Salinity, temperature and water levels and other data from fixed stations in the Gulf of Mexico from 1933-07-01 to 1987-07-21 (NCEI Accession 8800149). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800149. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Keywords NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Cahoon, Donald R.; Louisiana State University (2002). Salinity, temperature and water levels and other data from fixed stations in the Gulf of Mexico from 1933-07-01 to 1987-07-21 (NCEI Accession 8800149). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8800149. 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.
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Lineage information for: dataset
Processing Steps
  • 2002-11-19T19:40:22Z - NCEI Accession 8800149 v1.1 was published.
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Processing Steps
  • 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.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • salinometer
  • tide gauge
Platform
  • FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
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