gov.noaa.nodc:0172044 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-30T20:23:36Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) CTD cast data collected during R/V Atlantis cruise AT18-02 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-02 (NCEI Accession 0172044) 2018-04-05 publication 2018-04-02 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0172044 NCEI Archive Management System 0172044 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Bipana Sigdel Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) bipana.sigdel@tamucc.edu https://www.harteresearch.org/ HTTPS Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) website Institution web page information resourceProvider GRIIDC https://www.griidc.org/ HTTPS GRIIDC website Institution web page information resourceProvider Joye, Samantha University of Georgia / Department of Marine Sciences mjoye@uga.edu pointOfContact Saxton, Matthew University of Georgia / Department of Marine Sciences msaxton@uga.edu collaborator Joye, Samantha author University of Georgia (UGA) https://uga.edu/ HTTPS University of Georgia (UGA) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset includes conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data from casts performed in the northern Gulf of Mexico during R/V Atlantis cruise (AT18-02) from November 26 to December 02, 2010. The cruise departed from Galveston, Texas and ended in Gulfport, Mississippi. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0172044 Preview graphic PNG 0172044 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2018-03-27 publication CONDUCTIVITY FLUORESCENCE OXYGEN SALINITY SOUND VELOCITY turbidity water depth WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bottle CTD fluorometer transmissometer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS R/V Atlantis platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS University of Georgia dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS GRIIDC dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication AT18-02 project Cruise ID Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG) project Provider Project Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Altitude Colored dissolved organic matter fluorescence Depth EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY Pressure Sea water temperatured Transmission theme Provider Keywords CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS TRANSMISSOMETERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Altimeter CTD Sea-Bird 9 Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorometer SBE43 sensor Turner Self-Contained Underwater Fluorescence Apparatus (SCUFA) WET Labs C-Star Transmissometer WET Labs Environmental Characterization Optics (ECO) Weiss sensor Wet Labs ECO-AFL/FL Fluorometer instrument Provider Instruments Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ATLANTIS (call sign: KAQP, ICES code: 33AT, 1997-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes R/V Atlantis platform Provider Platform Names OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 23 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Northern Gulf of Mexico place Provider Place Names 0RKMH7 Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Joye, Samantha (2018). CTD cast data collected during R/V Atlantis cruise AT18-02 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-02 (NCEI Accession 0172044). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0172044. Accessed [date]. 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. otherRestrictions 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. Samantha Joye. (2016). CTD cast data collected during R/V Atlantis Cruise AT-1802 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-02 [Data set]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n74j0c4h 2016 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7266/n74j0c4h https://doi.org/10.7266/n74j0c4h HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7266/n74j0c4h GRIIDC Data Webpage information Samantha Joye author Harte Research Institute publisher tableDigital crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -90.5683 -88.3097 27.3668 28.8525 2010-11-26 2010-12-02 Data Parameters and Units: AT18-02_CTD.csv file includes - cast (consecutive cast number of the instrument), event (unique event number. The first one or two digits before the decimal are the station number), date_start_utc (date at start of CTD cast; UTC mm/dd/YYYY), time_start_utc (time at start of CTD cast; 24-hour clock; UTC; in hours and decimal minutes; HHMM.mm), lat_start (latitude at start of cast; postive values = North; decimal degrees), lon_start (longitude at start of cast; negative values = West; decimal degrees), depth (meters), press (pressure; decibars), alt (altimeter reading; meters), time_elapsed (number of seconds elapsed from the start of the cast; seconds), lat (latitude; postive values = North; decimal degrees), lon (longitude; negative values = West; decimal degrees), temp (primary temperature measurement; degrees Celsius), temp2 (secondary temperature measurement; degrees Celsius), cond (primary conductivity measurement in Siemens per meter; S/m), cond2 (secondary conductivity measurement in Siemens per meter; S/m), sal (primary salinity measurement; PSU); sal2 (secondary salinity measurement; PSU), density (primary measure of density in kilograms per cubic meter; kg/m^3), density2 (secondary measure of density in kilograms per cubic meter; kg/m^3), O2_v (raw voltage from SBE43 oxygen sensor; volts), O2_mg_L (oxygen in milligrams per liter; mg/L), O2_umol_kg_SBE (oxygen in micromoles per kilograms measured by SBE43 sensor; umol/kg), O2_umol_kg_W (oxygen in micromoles per kilograms measured by Weiss sensor; umol/kg), trans (beam transmission; %), potemp (primary measure of potential temperature; degrees Celsius), potemp2 (secondary measure of potential temperature; degrees Celsius), chl_a_fluor (fluorescence measured by WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL in milligrams per cubic meter; mg/m^3), turbidity (turbidity measured by WET Labs ECO; NTU), CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter fluorescence in milligrams per cubic meter; mg/m^3), fluor_ug_L (CDOM measured by fluorescence in micrograms per liter; ug/L), fluor_ppb (fluorescence measured by Turner SCUFA in parts per billion; ppb), sound_vel_avg (average sound velocity in meters per second; m/s), bottles_fired (number of bottle fired), error_count (modulo error count) NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0172044 v1.1 was published. 2018-04-05T20:01:43Z NCEI Accession 0172044 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0172044/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0172044 v1.1 published 2018-04-05T20:01:43Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: Siemens per meter S/m; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Siemens per meter Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: CTD Sea-Bird 9 Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE (measured); Units: deciare; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY (measured); Units: psu; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: CTD Sea-Bird 9 Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY (measured); Units: kg/m^3; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: n/a Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN (measured); Units: umol/kg; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: SBE43 sensor Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN (measured); Units: umol/kg; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Weiss sensor Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE (measured); Units: mg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Chemical Meters/Analyzers > FLUOROMETERS Parameter or Variable: Fluorescence (measured); Units: mg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Wet Labs ECO-AFL/FL Fluorometer Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY (measured); Units: ntu; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: WET Labs Environmental Characterization Optics (ECO) Parameter or Variable: Colored dissolved organic matter fluorescence (measured); Units: mg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorometer Parameter or Variable: SOUND VELOCITY (measured); Units: m/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: n/a Parameter or Variable: FLUORESCENCE (measured); Units: ppb; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Turner Self-Contained Underwater Fluorescence Apparatus (SCUFA) Parameter or Variable: Transmission (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: WET Labs C-Star Transmissometer Parameter or Variable: Transmission (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Photon/Optical Detectors > TRANSMISSOMETERS Parameter or Variable: Sea water temperature (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Parameter or Variable: Pressure (measured); Units: deciare; Observation Category: profile; Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Parameter or Variable: Altitude (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: altimeter Parameter or Variable: n/a (measured); Units: n/a; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Bottle Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN (measured); Units: mg/l; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: n/a Parameter or Variable: Depth (measured); Units: meter; Observation Category: physical; Sampling Instrument: CTD asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022. R/V Atlantis Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Oceanographic) DOB: Mar 1997 IMO: 9105798 AS OF 3/3/1997 - WHOI https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-atlantis/