gov.noaa.nodc:BOEM-OCS-MAFLA eng utf8 series 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 2026-03-19T14:31:49Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) The Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Outer Continental Shelf Baseline Environmental Survey, MAFLA 1977-1978 2002-11-19 publication 2023-12-05 revision 1974 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:BOEM-OCS-MAFLA 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 William E. Haensly Texas A&M University (TAMU) https://www.tamu.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University (TAMU) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Jerry M. 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In 1974, the U.S. Department of the Interior initiated comprehensive marine environmental surveys of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida (MAFLA). Data were collected for three years to establish a baseline from which to evaluate effects of oil and gas activities in the MAFLA region. To evaluate effects of oil and gas activities in the MAFLA region. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 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:BOEM-OCS-MAFLA Preview graphic PNG 7400525 7400669 7400723 7400727 7400736 7400751 7400794 7400803 7400805 7400807 7400820 7400822 7400825 7400830 7400832 7400834 7400879 7400884 7500002 7500019 7500044 7500050 7500055 7500067 7500068 7500075 7500091 7500092 7500093 7500094 7500104 7500118 7500196 7500202 7500231 7500436 7500989 7501044 7600614 7600914 7601397 8500167 8500179 8500281 8500308 8600025 8600141 8600218 8800021 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1986-06-17 publication adenosine triphosphate AIR TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB AMMONIA (NH3) BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BATHYMETRY BEACH TAR BEACH TAR - AREA SAMPLED BEACH TAR - BEACH STATUS BEACH TAR - INTERTIDAL DISTANCE BEACH TAR - LENGTH OF SHOREFRONT BEACH TAR - SEASHORE SURFACE BEACH TAR - WATERLINE TO SAMPLE DISTANCE BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA COUNTS BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA IDENTITIES BENTHIC SPECIES - TAXA WET WEIGHTS BIOMASS BIOMASS - PLANKTON BIVALVES BOTTOM TYPE CARBON - TOTAL UPTAKE CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES CATCH STATISTICS CATCH STATISTICS - AVERAGES CATCH STATISTICS - DETAILS CHLOROPHYLL CHLOROPHYLL - RELATIVE FLUORESCENCE cloud amount/frequency cloud type CONDUCTIVITY CORE - BOTTOM CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON DISSOLVED OXYGEN DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DESCRIPTION EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE DISTANCE TO SHORE EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE IDENTIFIER EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE POINT EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE PRIMARY INDUSTRY EFFLUENT - DISCHARGE QUANTITY EFFLUENT - ZONE OF INITIAL DILUTION ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEM FISH BIOMASS FISHERY SURVEY FISHERY SURVEY - FISHING DURATION hydrocarbons HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RECOVERABLE HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RESOLVED HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - AGE INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - DISEASES INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEX INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT INVERTEBRATE SPECIES MARINE SPECIES INVENTORY MEIOFAUNA MOLLUSKS NANOPLANKTON - CARBON UPTAKE NANOPLANKTON - CHLOROPHYLL NITRATE NITRATE/NITRITE RATIO NITRITE OXYGEN OXYGEN - APPARENT UTILIZATION (AOU) OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION PARTICULATE MATTER - DRY WEIGHT PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN (PON) pH PHAEOPHYTIN phosphate PHOSPHORUS - ORGANIC IN PHOSPHATE PHOSPHORUS - TOTAL IN PHOSPHATE POLYCHAETES SALINITY SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER SALINITY - SURFACE WATER SEA STATE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Secchi depth SEDIMENTS SIGMA-T silicate SILICON DIOXIDE SOUND VELOCITY species abundance SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - DRY WEIGHT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE HISTORY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT Sulfate (SO4 2-) suspended solids TAXONOMIC CODE THERMOCLINE DEPTH TIDE HEIGHT TIDE STAGE TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TRANSMISSIVITY VISIBILITY WATER COLOR water depth WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE WATER TEMPERATURE WATER TRANSPARENCY WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING WIND FORCE WIND SPEED ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - XBT bottle CTD current meter dredge hydrometer laboratory analysis meteorological sensor net net - zooplankton net Neuston net oxygen sensor pH sensor refractometer salinometer scale Secchi disk sediment sampler - corer sediment sampler - grab thermistor thermometer tide gauge transmissometer trap - sediment trawl visual analysis visual estimate instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS benthic biological chemical laboratory analyses meteorological physical phytoplankton abundance profile sediment analysis site samples surface measurements survey survey - biological tows trawl water chemistry theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS ALAMINOS AQUARIUS BELLOWS BLUE SEA II COLUMBUS ISELIN DAN BRAMAN DROGUE F/S STAGE I F/S STAGE II GULF RESEARCHER GYRE HERNAN CORTEZ HIDALGO INDIAN SEAL JAVA SEAL JOIE DE VIVRE LONGHORN NOAA Ship Oregon II PACIFIC SEAL R/V GERDA ROUNSEFELL STAGE TIDE TURSIOPS USNS James M. 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Science Applications International Corporation Texas A&M University University of Alabama University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science UT Austin Marine Science Institute dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS GULF OF MEXICO MAFLA OCS EPIFAUNA HYDROCARBONS Mississippi/Alabama/Florida Area Environmental Study (MAFLA) OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF - SOUTH TEXAS (OCS-SOUTH TEXAS) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Florida Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Mississippi Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic 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/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce SAIC > Science Applications International Corporation U-MIAMI/RSMAS > Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami 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 ALAMINOS (ICES code: 31OS) AQUARIUS (ICES code: 32AQ) BELLOWS (ICES code: 318B, 1971-2016) BLUE SEA II (ICES code: 32BS) COLUMBUS ISELIN (ICES code: 32IC) DAN BRAMAN (ICES code: 318C) DROGUE (ICES code: 3145) GERDA (ICES code: 31GE) GILLISS (ICES code: 31GI) GULF RESEARCHER (ICES code: 32GR) GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) HERNAN CORTEZ (ICES code: 316H) HIDALGO (ICES code: 31HI) INDIAN SEAL (call sign: WYQ4222, ICES code: 32IL) JAVA SEAL (ICES code: 32JS) JOIE DE VIVRE (ICES code: 3161) LONGHORN (ICES code: 32LH) OREGON II (call sign: WTDO, ICES code: 316O, 1977-) PACIFIC SEAL (ICES code: 32UW) ROUNSEFELL (ICES code: 327R) STAGE I (ICES code: 314H) STAGE II (ICES code: 3181) STAGE TIDE (ICES code: 32ST) TURSIOPS (ICES code: 31TI) VIRAZON (ICES code: 32VI) VIRGINIA KEY (ICES code: 3186) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO 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: Science Applications International Corporation; Florida Institute of Oceanography; Quantus, Inc.; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory; Dames and Moore, Inc.; University of Miami; UT Austin Marine Science Institute; Texas A&M University; University of Alabama (2002). The Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Outer Continental Shelf Baseline Environmental Survey, MAFLA 1977-1978. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/BOEM-OCS-MAFLA. Accessed [date]. 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US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 547 p. Obligation No.: 14-12-0001-29041. Report No.: OCS Study 1979-19. https://espis.boem.gov/Final%20Reports/4060.pdf 1979 publication https://espis.boem.gov/Final%20Reports/4060.pdf HTTPS https://espis.boem.gov/Final%20Reports/4060.pdf project report information Dames and Moore author US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management publisher documentDigital OCS Study 1979-19 crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans geoscientificInformation economy climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere biota -97.33 -70.03 10.13 30.48 1961-10-20 1985-07-17 Note: Preliminary metadata for this dataset was extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). 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C100 NODC Ocean Station Format C116 NODC Bathythermograph Output Format (XBT) F022 High-Resolution CTD/STD Output Format (F022) F069 MULDARS Chemistry Data Format (F069) F123 MULDARS Fish/Shell-fish Surveys Data Format (F123) F124 MULDARS Zooplankton Data Format (F124) F132 MULDARS Benthic Organisms Data Format (F132) F144 MULDARS Marine Toxic Substances and Pollutants Data Format (F144) 84.856 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/BOEM-OCS-MAFLA HTTPS Web browser NCEI Dataset Landing Page Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/granule/geoportal/?from=0&size=10&esdsl=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22query_string%22%3A%7B%22analyze_wildcard%22%3Atrue%2C%22query%22%3A%22fileid%3ABOEM-OCS-MAFLA.*%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%7D#searchPanel HTTPS Web browser Granule Search Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be 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published. 2003-10-24T17:20:32Z NCEI Accession 7400723 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:35Z NCEI Accession 7400727 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:35Z NCEI Accession 7400736 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:36Z NCEI Accession 7400751 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:38Z NCEI Accession 7400794 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:40Z NCEI Accession 7400803 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:40Z NCEI Accession 7400805 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:41Z NCEI Accession 7400807 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:41Z NCEI Accession 7400820 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:42Z NCEI Accession 7400822 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:42Z NCEI Accession 7400825 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:42Z NCEI Accession 7400830 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:43Z NCEI Accession 7400832 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:43Z NCEI Accession 7400834 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:43Z NCEI Accession 7400879 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:46Z NCEI Accession 7400884 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:47Z NCEI Accession 7500002 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:48Z NCEI Accession 7500019 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:49Z NCEI Accession 7500044 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:51Z NCEI Accession 7500050 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:51Z NCEI Accession 7500055 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:51Z NCEI Accession 7500067 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:52Z NCEI Accession 7500068 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:52Z NCEI Accession 7500075 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:52Z NCEI Accession 7500091 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:53Z NCEI Accession 7500094 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:53Z NCEI Accession 7500104 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:54Z NCEI Accession 7500118 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:20:55Z NCEI Accession 7500196 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:21:01Z NCEI Accession 7500202 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:21:02Z NCEI Accession 7500231 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:21:03Z NCEI Accession 7500436 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:21:15Z NCEI Accession 7500989 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:22:04Z NCEI Accession 7501044 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:22:11Z NCEI Accession 7600614 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:23:15Z NCEI Accession 7600914 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:23:36Z NCEI Accession 7601397 v1.1 was published. 2003-10-24T17:24:23Z NCEI Accession 8600218 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2013-03-19T15:09:10Z NCEI Accession 7400669 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:15:15Z NCEI Accession 7400727 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:16:20Z NCEI Accession 7400736 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:16:32Z NCEI Accession 7400751 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:17:07Z NCEI Accession 7400794 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:23:15Z NCEI Accession 7400803 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:23:23Z NCEI Accession 7400805 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:23:27Z NCEI Accession 7400807 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:23:31Z NCEI Accession 7400820 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:24:15Z NCEI Accession 7400825 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:24:19Z NCEI Accession 7400830 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:24:23Z NCEI Accession 7400832 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:24:27Z NCEI Accession 7400834 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:24:30Z NCEI Accession 7400879 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:25:06Z NCEI Accession 7400884 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:25:11Z NCEI Accession 7500002 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:25:15Z NCEI Accession 7500019 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:32:07Z NCEI Accession 7500044 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:32:23Z NCEI Accession 7500050 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:33:06Z NCEI Accession 7500055 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:33:15Z NCEI Accession 7500067 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:33:23Z NCEI Accession 7500068 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:33:27Z NCEI Accession 7500075 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:34:06Z NCEI Accession 7500091 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:34:15Z NCEI Accession 7500094 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:34:19Z NCEI Accession 7500104 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:34:28Z NCEI Accession 7500118 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:34:32Z NCEI Accession 7500196 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:40:19Z NCEI Accession 7500202 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:40:23Z NCEI Accession 7500231 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T18:40:28Z NCEI Accession 7500989 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T19:05:07Z NCEI Accession 7601397 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2018-10-26T22:42:22Z NCEI Accession 7400820 was revised and v1.3 was published. 2022-01-16T17:35:10Z NCEI Accession 7400525 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-08-29T09:55:32Z NCEI Accession 7400723 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-08-29T14:51:34Z NCEI Accession 7400822 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-08-29T18:48:29Z NCEI Accession 7500436 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-08-30T17:12:48Z NCEI Accession 7501044 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-08-31T14:03:29Z NCEI Accession 7600614 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-09-03T05:17:54Z NCEI Accession 7600914 was revised and v1.2 was published. 2022-09-03T13:23:37Z NCEI Accession 8500167 was revised and v2.3 was published. 2023-02-11T04:19:36Z NCEI Accession 8500179 was revised and v2.3 was published. 2023-02-11T05:14:17Z NCEI Accession 8500281 was revised and v2.3 was published. 2023-02-11T12:53:34Z NCEI Accession 8600025 was revised and v2.3 was published. 2023-02-11T14:31:45Z NCEI Accession 8600141 was revised and v2.3 was published. 2023-02-11T20:24:56Z NCEI Accession 8800021 was revised and v2.2 was published. 2023-12-05T23:20:51Z repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - BT BathyThermograph bathythermograph - MBT bathythermograph - MBT Mechanical BathyThermograph bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph 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 current meter current meter current meter dredge dredge 6 x6 inch, weighted drege Wildco Petite Ponar weighted bottom-sediment sampler hydrometer hydrometer a device for measuring seawater density laboratory analysis laboratory analysis use as an observation type meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. net net net net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net net - zooplankton net Neuston net Neuston net Neuston net is a net designed to sample plankton or microplastics located in the first few centimeters of the water column. cf. net - plankton net (insttypes_id 31) oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. pH sensor pH sensor generic meter used to measure pH Any of a class of instruments used to quantify pH in a water or other type of sample. refractometer refractometer refractometer salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements scale scale An instrument for measuring mass or weight. Secchi disk Secchi disk The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is taken as a measure of the transparency of the water. This measure is known as the Secchi depth and is related to water turbidity. [Wikipedia, 2021-09-02] sediment sampler - corer sediment sampler - corer sediment coring device gravity or other coring device used to collect surfacial and near-surficial sediment samples sediment sampler - grab sediment sampler - grab grab sampler is used to take a sample of surficial seafloor sediments thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown tide gauge tide gauge a device to measure the tidal height transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022. trap - sediment trap - sediment one of several specific type of instrument used to capture sediment 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. visual analysis visual analysis visual analysis and measurement of sample materials use visual analysis with observation types of visual estimate and/or visual observation visual estimate visual estimate not an instrument - maybe an observation type ALAMINOS ALAMINOS AQUARIUS AQUARIUS BELLOWS BELLOWS BLUE SEA II BLUE SEA II COLUMBUS ISELIN COLUMBUS ISELIN DAN BRAMAN DAN BRAMAN DROGUE DROGUE F/S STAGE I F/S STAGE I F/S STAGE II F/S STAGE II GULF RESEARCHER GULF RESEARCHER GYRE Flag: United States Vessel Type: Oceanographic Research IMO: 7318999 DOB: 1973-10 HERNAN CORTEZ HERNAN CORTEZ HIDALGO HIDALGO INDIAN SEAL INDIAN SEAL JAVA SEAL JAVA SEAL JOIE DE VIVRE JOIE DE VIVRE LONGHORN LONGHORN NOAA Ship Oregon II Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Fishing Vessel (Research) DOB: 1967 IMO: 6728068 Hull Classification: R 332 Commissioned on 12 March 1975 and the current status is active. PACIFIC SEAL PACIFIC SEAL R/V GERDA R/V; privately donated to the University of Miami Marine Laboratory in 1955; ROUNSEFELL ROUNSEFELL STAGE TIDE STAGE TIDE TURSIOPS TURSIOPS USNS James M. Gilliss USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4) was a Robert D. Conrad-class oceanographic research ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1962 [5 November 1962 as USNS James M. Gilliss (T-AGOR-4)]. The ship was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS now MSC) and managed by the Naval Oceanographic Office as one of the "Navy Pool" vessels serving various Navy laboratories and projects in the Atlantic Ocean. After active Navy pool service the ship was assigned to the University of Miami to operate as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet [summer 1971] until 1979. [Wikipedia, 2021-10-19] VIRAZON VIRAZON VIRGINIA KEY VIRGINIA KEY