SEDIMENT PROPERTIES and Other Data from FIXED PLATFORM and Other Platforms From North Pacific Ocean from 19881030 to 19911024 (NODC Accession 9300040)

The accession contains data collected in North Pacific Ocean from Hawaiian Ocean Time Series (HOTS) project for years 1, 2 and 3 as part of Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). The HOTS deepwater station is located 100km north of Kahuku Point, Oahu; 22 degrees 45' N, 158 degrees W. A secondary shallow station is located at 21 degrees 20.6' N, 158 degrees 16.4 W (used primarily as a CTD test site).

Depth, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Mass data (JGOFS sediment trap flux data) collected in association with HOTS-1. Year one data are contained in a single ASCII flatfile. The data are presented in column format. Additional year one HOTS data may be found under Accession number 9300009 (WOCE-released tape) and 9300183 (JGOFS-required data). Principal Investigator was Stephen Chiswell of University of Hawaii.

Pressure, Temperature, Salinity, and Oxygen (WOCE CTD data); also phosphate, nitrate + nitrite, and silicate data (JGOFS-required water column data) collected in association with HOTS-2 and HOTS-3 CTD data were extracted and archived at NODC as file type F022. These data were downloaded directly from the SUN workstation at the University of Hawaii by Michael Woodford of NODC, Washington, DC.

An additional HOTS Years 2 and 3 data set with all JGOFS-required parameters was submitted by NE liaison August 1993. See NODC Accession number 9300183. These HOTS-2 data are filed under NODC reference numbers L01487-L01495; HOTS-3 data are filed under NODC reference numbers L01496-L01503. Users are advised to use data in accession number # 9300183 that was submitted by NODC NE liaison.