MESA - NYB: Coastal Water Physics and Chemistry Data from New Jersey, 1973-1974

From August 27, 1973 to November 7, 1974, water physics and chemistry data were collected via moored current meters and bottle casts in the Coastal Waters of New Jersey. The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory submitted the data as part of the Marine EcoSystems Analysis - New York Bight project, and it was processed by NODC into the standard F004 format.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal water circulation based on current velocity components mentioned in the description
• Analyzing nutrient cycles based on concentrations of ammonia, nitrate, and phosphate mentioned in the description
• Studying water column stratification based on temperature and density (sigma-t) data mentioned in the description
• Assessing primary productivity based on chlorophyll and suspended solids measurements mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 15-month time range from 1973-08 27 to 1974-11-07
• Processed to a documented standard format (NODC F004) with a public description
• Likely contains multiple physical and chemical parameters as described by the F004 standard

Limitations

• Last updated 1974-11-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, processed by NODC/NOAA NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using moored current meter and bottle casts

Time Range

1973-08-27 to 1974-11-27

Freshness

1974-11-07 00:00:00

Geography

Coastal Waters of New Jersey, New York Bight