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    • 2015 Data

    Metadata Updated: June 1, 2025

    This contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-15-02/03 conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 11 April 2015 and 02 June 2015. This was a merged research cruise combining the Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (LBTES), Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER), and Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE) field efforts for 2015.

    CLEARANCE COUNTRIES: Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands

    The data includes:

    CTD: processed and raw data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts (ASCII format)

    LADCP: processed and raw data from all lowered acoustic Doppler profiler (LADCP) casts (ASCII and binary format)

    SADCP: processed and raw hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track (matlab .mat data file, .asc ASCII data file surface velocities only, and raw binary and ASCII files).

    TSG: processed and raw sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed cruise ship track (XLS and ASCII format)

    FISH: processed and raw larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data collected from the various net tows performed during the cruise (XLS and PDF format)

    Access & Use Information

    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2015 (creation), (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS SEFSC

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date June 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2015 (creation), (publication)
    Responsible Party (Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:68689
    Access Constraints Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: 2015 Data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/68689., Access Constraints: None
    Bbox East Long -64.3663
    Bbox North Lat 24.5559
    Bbox South Lat 17.2403
    Bbox West Long -87.3842
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 742a2b10-e726-4b25-9c08-eee841b9e9e8
    Harvest Source Id ca759a40-507d-4d0c-8f8c-64b3c5e05066
    Harvest Source Title NMFS SEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-87.3842, 17.2403], [-64.3663, 17.2403], [-64.3663, 24.5559], [-87.3842, 24.5559], [-87.3842, 17.2403]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2015-04-11
    Temporal Extent End 2015-06-02

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