gov.noaa.nodc:0162530 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 2026-07-30T13:01:31Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Ecosystem monitoring information collected from Norseman II in Beaufort Sea for the ANIMIDA III project from 2014-07-31 to 2015-08-12 (NCEI Accession 0162530) 2017-05-17 publication 2017-05-09 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.7289/v5vq30r3 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0162530 NCEI Archive Management System 0162530 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 Timothy L. Whiteaker The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) twhit@ig.utexas.edu https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information resourceProvider The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Jeremy Kasper Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks principalInvestigator Kenneth Dunton The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information collaborator Bodil A. Bluhm The Arctic University of Norway; University of Alaska Fairbanks bluhm@ims.uaf.edu collaborator John Trefry Department of Marine & Environmental Systems Florida Institute of Technology collaborator Greg Durell NewFields LLC collaborator Sheyna Wisdom Olgoonik Fairweather LLC collaborator Scott Libby collaborator Susan Schonberg The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information collaborator Kasper, Jeremy Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks author Dunton, Kenneth H. The University of Texas at Austin https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information author Bluhm, Bodil A. The Arctic University of Norway; University of Alaska Fairbanks bluhm@ims.uaf.edu author Trefry, John H. Department of Marine & Environmental Systems Florida Institute of Technology author Durell, Greg NewFields LLC author Wisdom, Sheyna Olgoonik Fairweather LLC author Libby, Scott author Schonberg, Susan The University of Texas at Austin https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information author Whiteaker, Timothy L. The University of Texas at Austin https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information author Timothy Whiteaker The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) whiteaker@utexas.edu https://www.utexas.edu/ HTTPS The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Olgoonik Fairweather LLC contributor tableDigital This dataset contains physical, chemical, and biological data collected during research cruises for the Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA) III Study. The study occurred at 107 stations in the Beaufort Sea area in July and August of 2014 and 2015, and involved measurements and sampling of water, sediment, and biota conducted by investigators from several universities and research organizations. The study also includes a spring river survey conducted in May, 2015. The dataset includes more than 50,000 data values across 300+ variables, 500+ taxonomic names, 20+ collection methods, and 40+ lab analysis methods. Seawater samples include variables such as salinity, total suspended solids, and dissolved elements. Samples from the benthic zone include taxonomic counts and biomass. Sediment samples include variables such as hydrocarbons, metals, grain size distribution, and stable isotope ratios. All samples include numerical data value, date of sample collection, location in latitude and longitude coordinates, station identifier, sampling method, and the researcher responsible for the measurement. Furthermore, these data were harmonized according to a community driven set of controlled vocabularies for variable names, chemical speciations, units of measure, sample mediums, and sample types maintained by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. The data are accompanied by an entity relationship diagram and data dictionary explaining the data structure. CTD, ADCP, and thermosalinograph sensor data are also provided following NCEI's netCDF templates for such data. The Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA) III program broadens understanding of contaminants, sources, and bioaccumulation in the Beaufort Sea area. The program includes a comprehensive sampling plan to characterize the lease area and surrounding area's chemistry and biota, generating data that are comparable to current and past sampling efforts in the lease area (e.g., past ANIMIDA and cANIMIDA work). Funding Agency: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 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 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0162530 Preview graphic PNG 0162530 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2017-04-28 publication AMMONIUM (NH4) biological data BIOMASS CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC Carbon content of specimen CHLOROPHYLL CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DELTA CARBON-13 DELTA NITROGEN-15 DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE hydrocarbons LATITUDE LONGITUDE Nitrogen content of specimen NUTRIENTS PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON particulate phosphorus PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) PIGMENTS PLANKTON POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) SALINITY SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE SIGMA-T species abundance suspended solids TRACE METALS turbidity WATER TEMPERATURE ZOOPLANKTON ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE ZOOPLANKTON IDENTITIES theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP bottle CTD net - plankton net sediment sampler - grab thermosalinograph trawl instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS benthic biological in situ laboratory analyses plankton profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Norseman II platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Olgoonik Fairweather LLC dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS The University of Texas at Austin dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Beaufort Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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 NORSEMAN II (call sign: WDD6688, ICES code: 32QO, 2007-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA 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). 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0162530 v1.1 was published. 2017-05-17T20:21:27Z NCEI Accession 0162530 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0162530/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0162530 v1.1 published 2017-05-17T20:21:27Z download dataset Data Type: CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) (measured); Units: meters per second; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Shipboard ADCP velocity profiles using instrument wh300 Data Type: CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) (measured); Units: meters per second; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Shipboard ADCP velocity profiles using instrument wh300 Data Type: FLUORESCENCE (measured); Units: milligrams per cubic meter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD Data Type: PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) (measured); Units: watts per square meter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD Data Type: SALINITY (measured); Units: practical salinity unit; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD Data Type: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD Data Type: turbidity (measured); Units: NTU; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD Data Type: DISSOLVED OXYGEN (measured); Units: milligrams per liter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: All measurements were made thru-ice during and immediately preceding the spring freshet-breakup of the Colville River Data Type: SIGMA-T (measured); Units: dimensionless; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: All measurements were made thru-ice during and immediately preceding the spring freshet-breakup of the Colville River Data Type: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: siemens per meter; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: All measurements were made thru-ice during and immediately preceding the spring freshet-breakup of the Colville River Data Type: SALINITY (measured); Units: psu; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: thermosalinographs; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Underway sea surface temperature and salinity Data Type: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: thermosalinographs; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Underway sea surface temperature and salinity Data Type: Methylmercury (measured); Units: micrograms per gram; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: trawl Data Type: hydrocarbon (measured); Units: micrograms per gram; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAH) (measured); Units: nanograms per gram; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: TRACE METALS (measured); Units: micrograms per gram; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: trawl Data Type: SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: CHLOROPHYLL (calculated); Units: milligrams per square meter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: PIGMENTS (calculated); Units: milligrams per square meter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: Carbon content of specimen (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: trawl Data Type: DELTA CARBON-13 (measured); Units: per mille; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: net - plankton net Data Type: Nitrogen content of specimen (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: DELTA NITROGEN-15 (measured); Units: per mille; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: AMMONIUM (NH4) (measured); Units: micromole; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: sediment sampler - grab Data Type: suspended solids (measured); Units: milligrams per liter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: bottle Data Type: CARBON - TOTAL PARTICULATE [PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON] (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: bottle Data Type: particulate phosphorus (measured); Units: percent; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: bottle Data Type: species abundance (calculated); Units: number of organisms per 1000 square meter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: trawl Data Type: BIOMASS (calculated); Units: grams per 1000 square meter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: trawl Data Type: NUTRIENTS (measured); Units: micromoles per liter; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: bottle asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. 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. bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe net - plankton net net - plankton net net - plankton net sediment sampler - grab sediment sampler - grab grab sampler is used to take a sample of surficial seafloor sediments thermosalinograph thermosalinograph automated sea surface temperature and salinity instrument, usually attached to the hull of a ship Thermosalinograph is an automated Sea Surface Temperature and Salinity measurement system making measurement on board a ship using a water intake. [https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/tsg/about.php 2021-01-29] trawl trawl A fishing net that is dragged behind a boat. A wide range of demersal (bottom) or pelagic (mid-water) species of fish are taken by this fishing method which entails one or a pair of vessels towing a large bag-shaped net either along the seafloor or in mid-water. Norseman II Updated information from ICES for the vessel NORSEMAN II from UNITED STATES. Name : NORSEMAN II Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WDD6688 Platform Class : 31 Research vessel IMO : 7908122 Commissioned Date : 2007 Current Length : 35 Built : 1978 Notes : MMSI 367176270. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.norsemanmaritime.com/our-ships.html - http://www.norsemanmaritime.com/uploads/2/8/7/4/28748569/norseman_ii_spec_sheet_new_112013.pdf - http://www.marinetraffic.com/pt/ais/details/ships/367176270/vessel:NORSEMAN_II - http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=601068 Submitted to ICES 2014-10-01. Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-02-03.