Beaufort Sea Toxic Substances Monitoring Data from 1989

Chemical data on effluent and discharge was collected during the Beaufort Sea Monitoring Program. Measurements were taken from the Beaufort Sea over a 16-day period in August 1989 by Arthur D. Little, Inc. and submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The processed data is stored in the NODC F144-Marine-Toxic-Substances file format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing chemical effluent discharge levels in the Beaufort Sea.
• Establishing a historical baseline for marine toxic substance concentrations.
• Studying spatial and temporal patterns of pollutants from a specific 1989 monitoring program.

Strengths

• Data collection is tied to a defined program: the Beaufort Sea Monitoring Program.
• Temporal coverage is precisely documented from August 4 to August 20, 1989.
• Data has been processed into a standardized NODC (F144) format.

Limitations

• Column names, row counts, and dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• There is a conflict in the 'last updated' metadata: one source lists 2026-03-06, while another lists the collection end date of 1989-08-20.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

Collection Method

Collected from the Beaufort Sea by Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, MA, and submitted by Mr. Theodore H Coogan.

Time Range

1989-08-04 to 1989-08-20

Freshness

2026-03-06 00:10:41.150699

Geography

Beaufort Sea