gov.noaa.nodc:0304467 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 2026-04-28T21:14:11Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Cetacean visual observations, samples and environmental parameters collected onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. Gulf of Mexico) from 2009-06-13 to 2009-08-12 (survey GU0903) (NCEI Accession 0304467) 2025-05-29 publication 2025-08-26 revision 2025-05-20 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/mr72-de05 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0304467 NCEI Archive Management System 0304467 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 Laura Aichinger Dias NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory laura.dias@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information resourceProvider Laura Aichinger Dias University of Miami (UM) laura.dias@noaa.gov http://www.miami.edu/ HTTP University of Miami (UM) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Gina Rappucci University of Miami (UM) gina.rappucci@noaa.gov http://www.miami.edu/ HTTP University of Miami (UM) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Lance Garrison NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory Lance.Garrison@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Keith Mullin NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory Keith.D.Mullin@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Anthony Martinez NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory Anthony.Martinez@noaa.gov https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Martinez, Anthony NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Miami Lab https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information author Mullin, Keith NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Pascagoula/Stennis Lab https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory website Institution web page information author Garrison, Lance NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Miami Lab https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information author Dias, Laura Aichinger NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Miami Lab https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information author Rappucci, Gina NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center - Miami Lab https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information author University of Miami (UM) http://www.miami.edu/ HTTP University of Miami (UM) website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory website Institution web page information contributor NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center HTTPS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital The Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) conducted a shipboard survey in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico) from approximately the 200m isobath out to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from Key West, FL to the U.S.-Mexico border. The survey was conducted between June 10, 2009 and August 13, 2009 onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter. A visual line-transect and passive acoustic survey was conducted to estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals in U.S. oceanic waters. A second objective of the survey was to conduct a pilot study to characterize sperm whale prey using fisheries acoustics equipment and a mid-water trawl. This dataset includes marine mammal visual observation data and effort points with surveying conditions that can be used in abundance and density modeling per visual line-transect survey protocols. This dataset also includes opportunistic marine mammal photographs and non-marine mammal sightings such as sea turtles. Trawl catch data and associated photographs are also provided. Environmental data collected via Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensor and expendable bathythermographs (XBT) are also included. The primary goal was to conduct a visual line-transect survey for abundance estimation, and distribution of cetaceans in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico). Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Funding Agency: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 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 0304467 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. 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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:0304467 Preview graphic PNG 0304467 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2025-08-19 publication biological data cloud amount/frequency DEPTH - BOTTOM DISSOLVED OXYGEN GLARE LATITUDE LONGITUDE SALINITY SEA STATE VISIBILITY WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE WEATHER theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bathythermograph - XBT BIG EYE BINOCULARS camera CTD line transect sampling photograph trawl instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological imagery in situ marine mammal observation visual observation theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Pascagoula Laboratory University of Miami dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami Laboratory dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Gulf of America Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 23 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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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 GORDON GUNTER (call sign: WTEO, ICES code: 33GG, 1998-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes 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 23 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 7MLN7A Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: Public otherRestrictions Cite as: Martinez, Anthony; Mullin, Keith; Garrison, Lance; Dias, Laura Aichinger; Rappucci, Gina (2025). Cetacean visual observations, samples and environmental parameters collected onboard the NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter (GU) in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. Gulf of Mexico) from 2009-06-13 to 2009-08-12 (survey GU0903) (NCEI Accession 0304467). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/mr72-de05. 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. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. license This dataset has been dedicated to the public domain under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication. SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) Southeast Fisheries Science Center. (2023). Cruise Results: NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Cruise GU-09-03 (054) 10 June – 13 August 2009. Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). https://doi.org/10.25923/hxtw-wj12 2023 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.25923/hxtw-wj12 https://doi.org/10.25923/hxtw-wj12 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.25923/hxtw-wj12 related journal article information Southeast Fisheries Science Center author Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) publisher documentDigital Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.) crossReference sciencePaper Wanninkhof, Rik; Pierrot, Denis; Sullivan, Kevin F.; Huss, Betty E. (2014). Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity and other variables collected from surface underway observations during NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter cruises in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean from 2009-02-04 to 2009-11-08 (NCEI Accession 0117704). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.coast_gu2009. 2014-05-16 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.coast_gu2009 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0117704 https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.coast_gu2009 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.coast_gu2009 related journal article information Wanninkhof, Rik NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information author Pierrot, Denis Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/ HTTPS Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) website Institution web page information author Sullivan, Kevin F. Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) Kevin.Sullivan@noaa.gov https://cimas.earth.miami.edu/ HTTPS Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) website Institution web page information author Huss, Betty E. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) website Institution web page information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference sciencePaper eng; USA utf8 environment oceans imageryBaseMapsEarthCover climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere biota -96.20272 -83.9181 24.12973 29.21618 2009-06-13 2009-08-12 In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. 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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 0304467 v1.1 was published. 2025-05-29T20:48:48Z NCEI Accession 0304467 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0304467/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0304467 v1.1 published 2025-05-29T20:48:48Z download NCEI Accession 0304467 was revised and v2.2 was published. Updates were received for this dataset. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This 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. 2025-08-26T16:08:13Z NCEI Accession 0304467 v2.2 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0304467/2.2 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0304467 v2.2 published 2025-08-26T16:08:13Z download dataset Previous title: "NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter, A Cetacean Abundance and Distribution Survey of The Gulf of Mexico Deep Water (>200 M) With an Emphasis on Sperm Whales and Their Prey, 2009 (GU0903) in the Gulf of America (formerly U.S. Gulf of Mexico) from 2009-06-13 to 2009-08-12."- Ref ID 7MLN7A The title of the dataset has been updated by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information to reflect geographic name changes consistent with EO 14172. Parameter or Variable: cetacean, VISUAL OBSERVATION, SIGHTING, LINE TRANSECT SAMPLING (measured); Units: NA; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: SHIPS, BIG EYE BINOCULARS, CTD, XBT, MIDWATER TRAWLS; Sampling and Analyzing Method: The goal of the research was to conduct line-transect surveys using the Distance sampling approach to estimate the abundance and spatial distribution of marine mammals in the oceanic waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. A single-team observer approach was used. Survey tracklines were oriented perpendicular to bathymetry lines and followed a “sawtooth” pattern. A second objective of the survey was to conduct a pilot study to characterize sperm whale prey using fisheries acoustics equipment and a mid-water trawl.; Data Quality Method: Data auditing consisted of making corrections based on notes from the field, plotting trackline points to identify errors made when recording effort status, and verifying sighting data based on data sheets from the field. 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 - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph BIG EYE BINOCULARS BIG EYE BINOCULARS A pair of 25 x 150mm telescopes side-by-side, mounted on a pedestal and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/b3ecc166-16d5-4144-b23f-49ba59813b72?gtm_keyword=BIG%20EYE%20BINOCULARS>m_scheme=instruments camera camera An instrument for recording images. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe line transect sampling line transect sampling perpendicular distances from a line A line is traversed by an observer and perpendicular distances are measured from the line to each detected object. Reference https://distancesampling.org/downloads/distancebook1993/index.html; Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P. and Laake, J.L. 1993. Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman and Hall, London. 446pp. photograph photograph still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations 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. NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter Updated information for the vessel GORDON GUNTER from UNITED STATES(US). Name : GORDON GUNTER Country(s) : UNITED STATES(US) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Call Sign : WTEO IMO : 8835255 Pennant : R 336 Title : NOAA Ship Commissioned Date : 1998-08-28 Current Length : 68.3 Built : 1989-05-12 Previous Name (Notes): Relentless Notes : Built as the U.S. Naval Ship RELENTLESS (T-AGOS 18). Transferred to NOAA in 1993. Information Sources: - http://www.moc.noaa.gov/gu/index.html - http://www.seasearcher.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=341240 Confirmed by NOAA on 2010-09-10.