Water physics and chemistry data from moored current meter and bottle casts in the Coastal Waters of New Jersey as part of the Mesa New York Bight (MESA - NYB) project, 09 April 1979 - 23 August 1979 (NODC Accession 8100440)

Water physics and chemistry data were collected using moored current meter and bottle casts in the Coastal Waters of New Jersey from April 9, 1979 to August 23, 1979. Data were submitted by Atlantic Oceanographic Meterological Laboratory as part of the Mesa New York Bight (MESA - NYB) project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Water Physics and Chemistry Data (F004) format. Full water physics and chemistry descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f004.html.

The F004 format is used for data from measurements and analyses of physical and chemical characteristics of the water column. Among chemical parameters that may be recorded are salinity, PH, and concentration of oxygen, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, chlorophyll, and suspended solids. Physical parameters that may be recorded include temperature, density (sigma-t), transmissivity, and current velocity (east-west and north-south components). Cruise and station information, including environmental conditions of the study site at the time of observations, is also included.

本数据集采集了1979年4月9日至1979年8月23日新泽西近岸海域的水体物理化学数据，采集方式为锚定海流计与瓶式采水站位。数据由大西洋海洋气象实验室（Atlantic Oceanographic Meteorological Laboratory）作为梅萨纽约湾（MESA-NYB）项目的一部分提交。数据已由国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）处理为符合NODC标准的水体物理化学数据（F004）格式。完整的水体物理化学数据说明可通过以下链接获取：http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f004.html。

F004格式用于存储水体柱体物理与化学特征的测量与分析数据。可记录的化学参数包括盐度、pH值、溶解氧、氨、硝酸盐、磷酸盐、叶绿素以及悬浮颗粒物浓度。可记录的物理参数包括水温、密度（sigma-t）、透射率以及海流流速（东西向与南北向分量）。数据集同时包含航次与测站信息，包括观测时刻研究海域的环境条件。