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Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- CTD Cast Log

Entity (ENT)  |  Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18137  |  Updated: October 20, 2022  |  Published / External 
Summary
Item Identification
Keywords
Physical Location
Entity Info
Data Attributes
Support Roles
Extents
Access Info
Catalog Details

Summary

Abstract

A CTD cast log is created for each CTD cast and contains pressure, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and fluorescence measurements at various depths/times, as well as information on the cruise ID, cast number, date, and location.

Description

Data collected from CTD including temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chl

Entity Information

Entity Type
Spreadsheet

Data Attribute / Type Description
SHIP
CHARACTER 		Research Vessel Name
CRUISE #
ALPHANUMERIC 		Cruise identification number
DATE
DATE/TIME 		YYYY-MM-DD
CAST #
NUMERIC 		number assigned to cast (increments from 1 in each cruise)
LATITUDE
ALPHANUMERIC 		Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
LONGITUDE
ALPHANUMERIC 		Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
WIND
ALPHANUMERIC 		Wind direction and speed - (used prior to 2009) - changed to 2 separate fields
TRUE WIND SPEED
NUMERIC 		Wind speed (kts)
TRUE WIND DIRECTION
NUMERIC 		wind direction (degrees)
SEA
ALPHANUMERIC 		swell height or Beaufort Sea State
WEATHER
ALPHANUMERIC 		NOT USED
BOTTOM DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Depth of the seafloor (m)
OBSERVER
CHARACTER 		Name of the survey technician
TIME ZONE
ALPHANUMERIC 		time zone in relation to GMT
START DOWN
TIME 		Time (UTC) when CTD begins to descend
AT DEPTH
TIME 		Time (UTC) when CTD is at depth
START UP
TIME 		Time (UTC) when CTD begins to ascend after reaching depth
IN
TIME 		Time (UTC) when CTD is back on deck
DESCENT SPEED
ALPHANUMERIC 		Rate of speed (m/min) during the descent of the CTD
ASCENT SPEED
ALPHANUMERIC 		Rate of speed (m/min) as the CTD ascends
TIME
TIME 		Time (UTC) when measurements are taken
PRESSURE
NUMERIC 		pressure
TEMPERATURE
NUMERIC 		temp
SALINITY
NUMERIC 		salinity
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
NUMERIC 		dissolved oxygen
FLUOROMETER
NUMERIC 		chl a
BOTTLE
NUMERIC 		Bottle number if water samples are collected
DEPTH
NUMERIC 		Depth (m) of the CTD when measurements are taken
COMMENTS
CHARACTER 		Any additional information

Child Items

No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Marie C Hill
marie.hill@noaa.gov
(808)725-5710

Metadata Contact
Marie C Hill
marie.hill@noaa.gov
(808)725-5710

Extents

Geographic Area 1

142° W, -151° E, 32° N, -18° S

The U.S. EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones) of the Pacific Islands Region including Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra/Kingman, Wake, Johnston, Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Central and western Pacific Ocean high seas between EEZs.

Time Frame 1
2006 - Present

Item Identification

Title: Shipboard Cetacean Surveys- CTD Cast Log
Status: In Work
Abstract:

A CTD cast log is created for each CTD cast and contains pressure, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and fluorescence measurements at various depths/times, as well as information on the cruise ID, cast number, date, and location.

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None cetaceans
None CTD
None oceanographic sampling
None ship survey

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None American Samoa
None Central Pacific Ocean
None Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
None Guam
None Hawaii EEZ
None High Seas
None Main Hawaiian Islands
None Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
None Palmyra
None Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument
None Wake EEZ

Physical Location

Organization: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Country: USA
Location Description:

IRC

1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 176

Honolulu, HI 96818

Entity Information

Entity Type: Spreadsheet
Description:

Data collected from CTD including temperature, dissolved oxygen, and chl

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
 SHIP CHARACTER Research Vessel Name
100
 CRUISE # ALPHANUMERIC Cruise identification number
100
 DATE DATE/TIME YYYY-MM-DD
100
 CAST # NUMERIC number assigned to cast (increments from 1 in each cruise)
100
 LATITUDE ALPHANUMERIC Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
100
 LONGITUDE ALPHANUMERIC Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
100
 WIND ALPHANUMERIC Wind direction and speed - (used prior to 2009) - changed to 2 separate fields
100
 TRUE WIND SPEED NUMERIC Wind speed (kts)
100
 TRUE WIND DIRECTION NUMERIC wind direction (degrees)
100
 SEA ALPHANUMERIC swell height or Beaufort Sea State
100
 WEATHER ALPHANUMERIC NOT USED
100
 BOTTOM DEPTH NUMERIC Depth of the seafloor (m)
100
 OBSERVER CHARACTER Name of the survey technician
100
 TIME ZONE ALPHANUMERIC time zone in relation to GMT
100
 START DOWN TIME Time (UTC) when CTD begins to descend
100
 AT DEPTH TIME Time (UTC) when CTD is at depth
100
 START UP TIME Time (UTC) when CTD begins to ascend after reaching depth
100
 IN TIME Time (UTC) when CTD is back on deck
100
 DESCENT SPEED ALPHANUMERIC Rate of speed (m/min) during the descent of the CTD
100
 ASCENT SPEED ALPHANUMERIC Rate of speed (m/min) as the CTD ascends
100
 TIME TIME Time (UTC) when measurements are taken
100
 PRESSURE NUMERIC pressure
100
 TEMPERATURE NUMERIC temp
100
 SALINITY NUMERIC salinity
100
 DISSOLVED OXYGEN NUMERIC dissolved oxygen
100
 FLUOROMETER NUMERIC chl a
100
 BOTTLE NUMERIC Bottle number if water samples are collected
100
 DEPTH NUMERIC Depth (m) of the CTD when measurements are taken
100
 COMMENTS CHARACTER Any additional information

Attribute Details

SHIP

CC ID: 93259
Seq. Order: 1
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 11
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Research Vessel Name
Display Example: SETTE

CRUISE #

CC ID: 93263
Seq. Order: 2
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 12
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Cruise identification number
General Data Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Display Example: SE-10-01

DATE

CC ID: 93260
Seq. Order: 3
Data Storage Type: DATE/TIME
Max Length: 10
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

YYYY-MM-DD
General Data Type: SHORT DATE
Unit of Measure: UTC

CAST #

CC ID: 93262
Seq. Order: 4
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

number assigned to cast (increments from 1 in each cruise)

LATITUDE

CC ID: 93265
Seq. Order: 5
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 15
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
Display Example: 20 29.256 N

LONGITUDE

CC ID: 93268
Seq. Order: 6
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 16
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Typically recorded in degrees decimal minutes with cardinal directions
Display Example: 175 58.927 E

WIND

CC ID: 313383
Seq. Order: 7
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Inactive
Description:

Wind direction and speed - (used prior to 2009) - changed to 2 separate fields

TRUE WIND SPEED

CC ID: 93266
Seq. Order: 8
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 5
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Wind speed (kts)
Unit of Measure: Kts

TRUE WIND DIRECTION

CC ID: 93264
Seq. Order: 9
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 50
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

wind direction (degrees)
Display Example: 180

SEA

CC ID: 93267
Seq. Order: 10
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 20
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

swell height or Beaufort Sea State

WEATHER

CC ID: 93269
Seq. Order: 11
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 25
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Precision: 5
Status: Inactive
Description:

NOT USED

BOTTOM DEPTH

CC ID: 93271
Seq. Order: 12
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 25
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Depth of the seafloor (m)
Unit of Measure: meters

OBSERVER

CC ID: 93270
Seq. Order: 13
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 25
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Name of the survey technician

TIME ZONE

CC ID: 313384
Seq. Order: 14
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

time zone in relation to GMT
Display Example: GMT-10

START DOWN

CC ID: 313385
Seq. Order: 15
Data Storage Type: TIME
Max Length: 6
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (UTC) when CTD begins to descend

AT DEPTH

CC ID: 313386
Seq. Order: 16
Data Storage Type: TIME
Max Length: 6
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (UTC) when CTD is at depth
Unit of Measure: UTC

START UP

CC ID: 313387
Seq. Order: 17
Data Storage Type: TIME
Max Length: 6
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (UTC) when CTD begins to ascend after reaching depth
Unit of Measure: UTC

IN

CC ID: 313388
Seq. Order: 18
Data Storage Type: TIME
Max Length: 6
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (UTC) when CTD is back on deck
Unit of Measure: UTC

DESCENT SPEED

CC ID: 313389
Seq. Order: 19
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Rate of speed (m/min) during the descent of the CTD
Unit of Measure: m/min

ASCENT SPEED

CC ID: 313390
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: ALPHANUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Rate of speed (m/min) as the CTD ascends
Unit of Measure: m/min

TIME

CC ID: 93261
Seq. Order: 21
Data Storage Type: TIME
Max Length: 5
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Time (UTC) when measurements are taken
General Data Type: SHORT TIME
Unit of Measure: UTC
Display Example: HH:MM

PRESSURE

CC ID: 313391
Seq. Order: 22
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

pressure
Unit of Measure: dbars

TEMPERATURE

CC ID: 313392
Seq. Order: 23
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

temp
Unit of Measure: C

SALINITY

CC ID: 313393
Seq. Order: 24
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

salinity
Unit of Measure: PSU

DISSOLVED OXYGEN

CC ID: 313394
Seq. Order: 25
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

dissolved oxygen
Unit of Measure: ml/l

FLUOROMETER

CC ID: 313395
Seq. Order: 26
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 10
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

chl a
Unit of Measure: mg/m^2

BOTTLE

CC ID: 313396
Seq. Order: 27
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Bottle number if water samples are collected

DEPTH

CC ID: 93272
Seq. Order: 28
Data Storage Type: NUMERIC
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Depth (m) of the CTD when measurements are taken
Unit of Measure: meters

COMMENTS

CC ID: 93273
Seq. Order: 29
Data Storage Type: CHARACTER
Max Length: 500
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Any additional information

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 262940
Date Effective From: 2008-12-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Oleson, Erin M
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: erin.oleson@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5712
Business Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Contact Instructions:

contact by email

Data Steward

CC ID: 262941
Date Effective From: 2006-09-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hill, Marie C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: marie.hill@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5710
Contact Instructions:

contact by email

Distributor

CC ID: 262945
Date Effective From: 2006
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hill, Marie C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: marie.hill@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5710
Contact Instructions:

email

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 262942
Date Effective From: 2006-09-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hill, Marie C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: marie.hill@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5710
Contact Instructions:

contact by email

Originator

CC ID: 262943
Date Effective From: 2006-03-01
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone: 808-725-5360
URL: https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 262946
Date Effective From: 2006
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Hill, Marie C
Address: 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address: marie.hill@noaa.gov
Phone: (808)725-5710
Contact Instructions:

email
View Historical Support Roles

Extents

Extent Group 1

Extent Description:

The U.S. EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones) of the Pacific Islands Region including Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra/Kingman, Wake, Johnston, Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Central and western Pacific Ocean high seas between EEZs.

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 314296
W° Bound: 142
E° Bound: -151
N° Bound: 32
S° Bound: -18
Description

The U.S. EEZs (Exclusive Economic Zones) of the Pacific Islands Region including Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra/Kingman, Wake, Johnston, Guam/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Central and western Pacific Ocean high seas between EEZs.

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 314297
Time Frame Type: Continuing
Start: 2006

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Policy:

Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)
Data Access Procedure:

Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)
Data Access Constraints:

Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)
Data Use Constraints:

Requestor will be asked to submit a request by email to Erin Oleson (erin.oleson@noaa.gov) or Marie Hill (marie.hill@noaa.gov)
Metadata Access Constraints:

None
Metadata Use Constraints:

None

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 18137
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:18137
Metadata Record Created By: Marie C Hill
Metadata Record Created: 2013-02-07 16:05+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2022-10-20 02:17+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2019-05-05
Owner Org: PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2019-05-05
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2020-05-05