SEFIS CTD Data (2010-2024)
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
Entity
(ENT)
| ID: 75595
| Published / External
Created: 2025-04-18
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Last Modified: 2025-04-18
Parent: Water temperature, oxygen, and salinity collected from NOAA Ship Nancy Foster, Savannah, and NOAA Ship Pisces in North Atlantic Ocean and coastal waters of the Carolinas, Georgi...
Data Set (DS) | ID: 24387
Data Set (DS) | ID: 24387
ID: 75595
Entity (ENT)
* Discovery• First Pass
» Metadata Rubric
Item Identification
| * » Title | SEFIS CTD Data (2010-2024) |
|---|---|
| Short Name | |
| * Status | Superseded |
| Creation Date | |
| Revision Date | |
| • Publication Date | |
| * » Abstract |
The SEFIS CTD data may be downloaded as a .csv file This data is from the 2025 archive of the data |
| * Purpose | |
| Notes | |
| Other Citation Details | |
| • Supplemental Information | |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) | |
| DOI Registration Authority | |
| DOI Issue Date |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Temporal Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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* Spatial Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Stratum Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Instrument Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Platform Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
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Physical Location
| • » Organization | |
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| • » City | |
| • » State/Province | |
| • Country | |
| • » Location Description |
Entity Information
| Entity Type | Data Table |
|---|---|
| Active Version? | |
| Alias | |
| Schema Name | |
| » Description |
SEFIS CTD Data |
| Change Summary |
Data Attributes
Attribute Summary
| Score | Req'd? | PKey? | » Name | Data Storage Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | Yes | Yes | PCG | Character | Primary key in our SAMLOG table, consists of project code, collection number, and gear code. |
| 100 | Yes | No | Vessel | Character | Two Character Code For The Platform |
| 100 | Yes | No | Cruise | Character | Two Character Code For The Platform Two Numbers For The Year Two numbers for cruise |
| 100 | Yes | No | Event | Character | An event value generally represents a set of actions that occurred in a similar time/space (e.g. a set of traps and a CTD) |
| 100 | Yes | No | Gear_Code | Character | Gear Code |
| 100 | Yes | No | Collection | Character | unique key in the samlog table, starts with two numbers that represent the year, followed by four numbers, sequential over the annual cruise season |
| 100 | Yes | No | Date | Date | date of collection mm/dd/yyyy |
| 100 | Yes | No | Start_Time_GMT | Time | Start GMT Time |
| 100 | Yes | No | Start_Latitude | Numeric | Starting latitudinal Value |
| 100 | Yes | No | Start_Longitude | Numeric | Starting Longitudinal Value |
| 100 | Yes | No | Depth | Numeric | depth of scan, measured in meters |
| 100 | No | No | Pressure | Numeric | Pressure (psi), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | Temp | Numeric | Temperature (ITS-90, deg C), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | Salinity | Numeric | Salinity (PSU), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | Oxygen | Numeric | Oxygen (SBE 43, mg/L), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | Fluoro | Numeric | Fluorometer reading, chl A (mg/m^3), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | BeamTrans | Numeric | Transmissometer reading (%), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | BeamAtten | Numeric | Transmissometer reading (1/m), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | PAR | Numeric | Photosynthetically Available Irradiance, values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | pH | Numeric | pH, values averaged to the meter bin |
| 100 | No | No | Backscatter | Numeric | Backscatter reading (NTUs), (Upoly 0, WETLabs Backscatter), values average to the meter bin |
| 100 | Yes | No | Instrument | character | Instrument Used to take ctd readings |
| 100 | No | No | Comments | Character | comments about the collection |
Attribute Details
| Attribute Name | PCG |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 10 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 12 |
| Min Length | 12 |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | Yes |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Primary key in our SAMLOG table, consists of project code, collection number, and gear code. |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Vessel |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 20 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 2 |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Two Character Code For The Platform |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | NF = NOAA Ship Nancy Foster SH = R/V Savannah PC = NOAA Ship Pisces |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Cruise |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 30 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 6 |
| Min Length | 6 |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Two Character Code For The Platform Two Numbers For The Year Two numbers for cruise |
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| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Event |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 40 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 9 |
| Min Length | 9 |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
An event value generally represents a set of actions that occurred in a similar time/space (e.g. a set of traps and a CTD) |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Gear_Code |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 45 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 3 |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Gear Code |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | 298 = CTD |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Collection |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 50 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | 6 |
| Min Length | 6 |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
unique key in the samlog table, starts with two numbers that represent the year, followed by four numbers, sequential over the annual cruise season |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 55 |
| Data Storage Type | Date |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
date of collection mm/dd/yyyy |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | MM/DD/YYyy |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Start_Time_GMT |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 60 |
| Data Storage Type | Time |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Start GMT Time |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | HH:MM |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Start_Latitude |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 70 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Starting latitudinal Value |
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| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
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| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Start_Longitude |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 80 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Starting Longitudinal Value |
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| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Depth |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 90 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
depth of scan, measured in meters |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | meters |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Pressure |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 110 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Pressure (psi), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | psi |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Temp |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 120 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Temperature (ITS-90, deg C), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Salinity |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 130 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Salinity (PSU), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | psu |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Oxygen |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 140 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Oxygen (SBE 43, mg/L), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | mg/lit |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Fluoro |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 150 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Fluorometer reading, chl A (mg/m^3), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | mg/cubic meter |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | BeamTrans |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 250 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Transmissometer reading (%), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | BeamAtten |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 260 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Transmissometer reading (1/m), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | PAR |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 270 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Photosynthetically Available Irradiance, values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | pH |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 300 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
pH, values averaged to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Backscatter |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 310 |
| Data Storage Type | Numeric |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Backscatter reading (NTUs), (Upoly 0, WETLabs Backscatter), values average to the meter bin |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 320 |
| Data Storage Type | character |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | Yes |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
Instrument Used to take ctd readings |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Allowed Values | |
| Default Value | |
| Foreign Key Relations | |
| Derivation | |
| Validation Rules |
| Attribute Name | Comments |
|---|---|
| Seq. Order | 330 |
| Data Storage Type | Character |
| Max Length | |
| Min Length | |
| Required | No |
| Primary Key | No |
| Precision | |
| Scale | |
| Status | Active |
| Description |
comments about the collection |
| General Data Type | |
| Unit of Measure | |
| Case Restriction | |
| Display Example | |
| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
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| Validation Rules |
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| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
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| Min Length | |
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| Description | |
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| Format Mask | |
| Null Value | |
| Null Value Meaning | |
| Min Length | |
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Support Roles
» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
| * » Support Role | Distributor |
|---|---|
| * » Date Effective From | 2025 |
| Date Effective To | |
| Organization | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) |
| Email Address | ncei.info@noaa.gov |
| Phone | |
| Fax | |
| Mobile | |
| URL | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| Business Hours | |
| Contact Instructions |
| * » Support Role | |
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| * » Date Effective From | |
| Date Effective To | |
| * » Contact | |
| * Contact Instructions |
| * » Support Role | |
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| * » Date Effective From | |
| Date Effective To | |
| * » Contact | |
| * Contact Instructions |
| * » Support Role | |
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| * » Date Effective From | |
| Date Effective To | |
| * » Contact | |
| * Contact Instructions |
Extents
| Currentness Reference |
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Extent Group 1
| Extent Description |
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Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area
| * » W° Bound | |
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| * » E° Bound | |
| * » N° Bound | |
| * » S° Bound | |
| * » Description |
Extent Group 1 / Vertical Extent
| EPSG Code | |
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| Vertical Minimum | |
| Vertical Maximum |
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame
| * » Time Frame Type | |
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| * » Start | |
| End | |
| Alternate Start as of Info | |
| Alternate End as of Info | |
| Description |
Access Information
| * » Security Class | |
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| * Security Classification System |
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| Security Handling Description |
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| • Data Access Policy |
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| » Data Access Procedure |
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| • » Data Access Constraints |
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Distribution Information
| Start Date | 2025-04 |
|---|---|
| End Date | Present |
| » Download URL | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0172443/3.3/data/0-data/SEFIS_CTD_2010-2024.csv |
| Distributor | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2025 - Present) |
| File Name | SEFIS_CTD_2010-2024.csv |
| Description |
data from 2010-2024 |
| File Date/Time | 2025-04-08 16:48:00 |
| File Type (Deprecated) | tabular digital data (Microsoft Excel, CSV, or other tabular format) |
| Distribution Format | CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text) |
| File Size | 15M |
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Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID | 75595 |
|---|---|
| Metadata Record Created By | Lee M Weinberger |
| Metadata Record Created | 2025-04-18 22:40+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By | Lee M Weinberger |
| » Metadata Record Last Modified | 2025-04-18 22:53+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published | 2025-04-18 |
| Owner Org | SEFSC |
| Metadata Publication Status | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish? | N |
| Metadata Workflow State | Published / External |
| Metadata Last Review Date | 2023-03-06 |
| Metadata Review Frequency | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date | 2024-03-06 |
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