gov.noaa.nodc:0072310 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-12-22T20:04:37Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Oceanographic data collected during the Gulf of Alaska 2004 Expedition (alaska2004) on RV Atlantis in Gulf of Alaska from 2004-07-30 to 2004-08-23 (NCEI Accession 0072310) 2011-04-27 publication 2023-05-26 revision 2011-04-27 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0072310 NCEI Archive Management System 0072310 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Amy Baco-Taylor Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Principal Investigator http://www.whoi.edu HTTP Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Thomas Shirley University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Principal Investigator https://www.uaf.edu/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Peter Etnoyer Aquanautix Consulting Principal Investigator principalInvestigator Randy Keller Oregon State University (OSU) Principal Investigator http://oregonstate.edu/ HTTP Oregon State University (OSU) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Tom Shirley University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Ocean Exploration http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) website Institution web page information author tableDigital The 2004 Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition will use the deep submergence vehicle (DSV) Alvin to explore five large seamounts. Giacomini, Pratt, Welker, Denson, and Dickens seamounts stretch over a 400-nautical-mile section of the northeast Pacific, called the Kodiak-Bowie Seamount Chain. Operating from a base aboard R/V Atlantis, scientists will dive to depths of up to 3,500 m to conduct a series of biological and geological investigations on these ancient volcanoes. All four of the Principal Investigators aboard this cruise were part of the Gulf of Alaska Seamount Expedition in 2002, as were other scientific researchers, many of the ship's crew, the sub's crew, and the cruise coordinator. The research foci of this mission include: - Geologic dating and characterization of the seamounts - Deep-sea coral distribution and genetics - Community ecology of deep-sea corals - Investigation of the microbial, invertebrate, and fish communities associated with the corals To conduct biological and geological investigations on 5 submerged volcanoes over a 400 nautical mile section of the Northeast Pacific. The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research sponsored the collection of these data. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0072310 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0072310 Preview graphic PNG 0072310 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2019-12-24 publication ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CONDUCTIVITY DEPTH - SENSOR FLUORESCENCE images OXYGEN OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION RELATIVE HUMIDITY SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SOUND VELOCITY water depth WATER TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP barometer bathythermograph - XBT camera compass conductivity sensor CTD echo sounder fluorometer GPS meteorological sensor salinometer sound velocimeter temperature sensor video camera instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS chemical imagery meteorological navigational physical water chemistry theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS DSV Alvin R/V Atlantis platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Ocean Exploration dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Ocean Exploration dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Office of Ocean Exploration and Research's Integrated Product Team (OER IPT) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of Alaska North Pacific Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OOE > Office of Ocean Exploration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ALVIN (ICES code: 31A5) ATLANTIS (call sign: KAQP, ICES code: 33AT, 1997-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: NOAA Ocean Exploration (2011). Oceanographic data collected during the Gulf of Alaska 2004 Expedition (alaska2004) on RV Atlantis in Gulf of Alaska from 2004-07-30 to 2004-08-23 (NCEI Accession 0072310). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0072310. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Alaska: Exploring Alaska's Seamounts 2009 publication https://archive.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska/ HTTPS https://archive.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04alaska/ Expeditions, education, multimedia and data access. information crossReference program Multibeam Archive Collection (AT11L15) 2004 publication https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ships/atlantis/AT11L15_mb.html HTTPS https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ships/atlantis/AT11L15_mb.html Download Data from the Multibeam Viewer order crossReference collection Expedition Metadata 2004 publication https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/oer/iso/xml/GulfofAlaska2004_COLLECTION.xml&view=xml2text/xml-to-text-ISO HTTPS https://data.noaa.gov/metaview/page?xml=NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/oer/iso/xml/GulfofAlaska2004_COLLECTION.xml&view=xml2text/xml-to-text-ISO Expedition Metadata information crossReference collection Gulf of Alaska 2004; Gulf of Alaska 2004 electronic resource: exploring Alaska's seamounts, July 30 - August 23, 2004 / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration; 2004 2004 publication https://discover.library.noaa.gov/permalink/01NOAA_INST/1qbesct/alma991000733319707381 HTTPS Exploring Alaska's seamounts, July 30-August 23, 2004 NOAA Central Library: publication(s) information NOAA Library https://library.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Library website Institution web page information publisher crossReference collection eng; USA utf8 environment oceans imageryBaseMapsEarthCover climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -146.774693 -122.313052 46.188988 56.708758 2004-07-30 2004-08-23 The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research sponsored the collection of these data. Expedition produced the following data: Cruise Plans and Objectives Documents, Cruise Summary Reports, Quick Look Report, 18 Dive Sample Logs, 4 Maps, Media Poster, 5 Sample Log Spreadsheets, Highlight Images and Captions Documents, Highlight Videos and Captions Documents, Video Annotations Logs, Fledermaus Images, Ship Map Images, Geophysical Raw Data (centerbeam and seabeam), Ship Sensor Raw Data (adcp, athena, athena90, CTD_cast, CTDgraphs, kundsen, xbt), Submersible Navigation Data (ACNAV, DVLNAV), Submersible Sensor Raw Data (alvin_ctd, athena_data_logger). Other NOAA offices hold the data that NCEI has not archived under this Accession. In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. barometer barometer Barometers are instruments for measuring atmospheric pressure; two types include mercury barometers and aneroid barometers. bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph camera camera An instrument for recording images. compass compass magnetic compass instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation conductivity sensor conductivity sensor OMEGA non-contact conductivity sensor CDCN-108 or Honeywell DirectLine DL423 Sensor Module, for example Water conductivity sensors are used to measure how well a solution conducts an electrical current. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe echo sounder echo sounder instrument used to determine water depth or bathymetry also known as an echosounder fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements sound velocimeter sound velocimeter an electronic device for measuring sound speed in water http://www.neigps.com temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. video camera video camera a camera which makes moving or still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations DSV Alvin Submersible. 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