gov.noaa.nodc:OER-Cruise-FLDeepCorals2005 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 2026-03-19T14:38:15Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Digital video data and temperature, salinity and other physical data taken during the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's Florida Coast Deep Corals 2005 cruise from 2005-11-07 to 2005-11-21 2006-01-25 publication 2016-05-10 revision 2006-01-25 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:OER-Cruise-FLDeepCorals2005 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 Sandra D. Brooke Florida State University (FSU) sbrooke@fsu.edu resourceProvider NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) http://www.fau.edu/hboi/ HTTP Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Sandra Brooke University of Oregon (UO) Principal Investigator http://www.uoregon.edu/ HTTP University of Oregon (UO) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) https://uncw.edu/ HTTPS University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) website Institution web page information contributor Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) http://www.fau.edu/hboi/ HTTP Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) website Institution web page information contributor Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information contributor Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) http://oimb.uoregon.edu/ HTTP Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) website Institution web page information contributor Nova Southeastern University (NSU) http://www.nova.edu/index.html HTTP Nova Southeastern University (NSU) website Institution web page information contributor Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) https://flowergarden.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) website Institution web page information contributor Smithsonian Marine Station - Fort Pierce FL (SMS) http://www.sms.si.edu HTTP Smithsonian Marine Station - Fort Pierce FL (SMS) website Institution web page information contributor University of Alabama (UA) contributor Brooke, Sandra D. Florida State University (FSU) sbrooke@fsu.edu author NOAA Ocean Exploration http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ HTTP NOAA Ocean Exploration (OER) website Institution web page information author Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute http://www.fau.edu/hboi/ HTTP Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) website Institution web page information author tableDigital These video data as well as temperature, salinity and other physical data were collected during the Florida Coast Deep Corals mission of 2005. The data gathered during this expedition provided a strong foundation of information on the deep-water coral ecosystems off the Florida coast. The expedition was sponsored by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration. With the continuing global depletion of coastal fisheries, commercial fishing vessels are moving into deeper water and exploiting fish and crustacean species that are frequently associated with complex coral structures. Deep-sea coral ecosystems (DSCE) exist at numerous locations around the coast of Florida. These coral communities provide habitat for relatively unknown but highly diverse assemblages of fish and invertebrates, many of which are undoubtedly undescribed species. There is therefore an urgent need to identify these coral habitats, map their distribution and abundance, and document any potentially valuable fishery species associated with them. Resource managers can use this information to develop conservation policy and scientists can use it as a foundation for hypothesis driven ecological and physiological research. Since deepwater reefs are not visible to the general public, dissemination of information through the media and the education system is vital in order to create empathy for their protection. The overarching objective of this proposal is to increase the current understanding of deep-water coral habitats along Florida's coasts. Unlike shallow water tropical reefs, deep-water reefs are not well known. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian North Atlantic Ocean Western North Atlantic place Originator Place Names Florida-Hatteras Slope Miami Terrace Pourtal Terrace Southwest Florida Shelf Slope Tropical Northwest Atlantic Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic Western North Atlantic place Provider Keywords accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Brooke, Sandra D.; NOAA Ocean Exploration; Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (2006). Digital video data and temperature, salinity and other physical data taken during the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration's Florida Coast Deep Corals 2005 cruise from 2005-11-07 to 2005-11-21. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/OER-Cruise-FLDeepCorals2005. Accessed [date]. 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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 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. compass compass magnetic compass instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer GPS GPS Global Positioning System receiver satellite-based instrument used for geo-location, positioning and navigation PAR Sensor PAR Sensor Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensor The PAR sensor measures global solar radiation from 400 to 700 nm, which approximates the spectral band active in photosynthesis. The response of the instrument falls sharply to zero on either side of this band, and between 400 and 670 nm it increases monotonically from about 50% to 100%. There is no protective glass dome over the receiving surface. Irradiance from the sun passes through a small white visible bandpass filter/diffuser in the shape of a horizontal disk at the top of the instrument. Within the instrument radiation is directed through a series of colored glass filters and onto a silicon photodiode detector. The factory-supplied calibration converts the signal from the detector to a flux of photons in micro-mole (of photons) s-1 m-2. (One micro-mole equals 6.022 E17 photons.) For the solar spectrum, these units may be converted to watts per square meter by dividing by 4.6. (http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/instrument/par.htm) 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] video camera video camera a camera which makes moving or still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations Johnson-Sea-Link I Updated information from ICES for the vessel JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I from US: UNITED STATES. Name : JOHNSON-SEA-LINK I Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 20: Submersible Commissioned Date : 1971 Decommissioned Date : 2011 Current Length : 7.19 Built : 1971 WOD Code: 11355 Notes : The Johnson-Sea-Link (JSL) I is a manned submersible, owned and operated by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. At 23.6 ft long, 10.9 ft high and 8.3 ft wide, this highly maneuverable submersible can dive to a depth of 3,000 ft and travel at a maximum speed of one knot. Information Sources: - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/subs/sealink/sealink.html Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-29 (FY2018). Submitted to ICES 2017-06-01 R/V Seward Johnson HARBOR BRANCH OCEAN INST. INC. See https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2003-06-08-0306050362-story.html 204-foot Seward Johnson See https://www.unols.org/ships-facilities/unols-vessels/historical-list-all-unols-vessels Seward Johnson (HBOI) Out of UNOLS Service end of 2009. See http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/6038477/FID2875/technology/vessels/sewardjohnson1/sewardjohnson1.html The R/V Seward Johnson, namesake of HARBOR BRANCH founder J. Seward Johnson, Sr., is a 204 ft Oceanographic and Submersible-Support Research Vessel. Built in 1984, commissioned in 1985 and extensively rebuilt and stretched in 1994, the ship now displaces 1,282 tons. A 6,000 nautical mile range and a speed of 13 knots is delivered by two 850 hp engines. The vessel is capable of traveling and working in any of the world's oceans, while accommodating up to 40 people (29 investigators, sub crew, or technicians; 11 ship’s crew).