Water physics and chemistry data from XBT casts from the OCEAN PRINCE and other platforms as part of the Ocean Dumping project from 04 December 1976 to 27 October 1977 (NODC Accession 7800049)

Water physics and chemistry data were collected from XBT casts from the OCEAN PRINCE and other platforms from 04 December 1976 to 27 October 1977. Data were submitted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as part of the Ocean Dumping project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F004 Water Physics and Chemistry format. Full format description is available from NODC at 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.

本数据集的水体理化数据采集于1976年12月4日至1977年10月27日，由“海洋王子号（OCEAN PRINCE）”及其他平台开展的抛弃式温深计（Expendable Bathythermograph, XBT）剖面观测获取。数据由伍兹霍尔海洋研究所（Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI）作为海洋倾倒项目（Ocean Dumping project）的组成部分提交。美国国家海洋数据中心（National Oceanographic Data Center, NODC）已按照其F004水体理化数据标准格式完成数据标准化处理。完整的格式说明可通过NODC官方链接查阅：www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f004.html。

F004格式适用于水体水柱物理及化学特性的测量与分析类数据。可记录的化学参数包括盐度、pH值，以及氧气、氨、硝酸盐、磷酸盐、叶绿素与悬浮颗粒物的浓度。可记录的物理参数涵盖温度、密度（sigma-t）、透射率以及海流流速（包含东西向与南北向分量）。数据集同时包含航次与测站信息，涵盖观测时段内研究区域的环境状况。