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Chemical, physical and profile oceanographic data collected aboard the RYAN CHOUEST in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-07-11 to 2010-07-13 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event (NCEI Accession 0084582)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2022-10-30T00:00:00.000+00:00
Chemical, physical and profile oceanographic data were collected aboard the RYAN CHOUEST in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-07-11 to 2010-07-13 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event on April 20, 2010, by the Subsurface Monitoring Unit (SMU), which consisted of multiple government and corporate agencies. These data include Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) and fluorescence. The instruments used to collect these data included CTD, fluorometer and gas chromatograph along with other physical sampling devices. More specific information about each dataset is located in their individual metadata records. The CTD data underwent preliminary quality assurance and control procedures at the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC). This dataset also contains products created for use in real time analysis and decision support. These products may include charts, graphs, maps, plots, and GIS formatted data files. Cruise level information consisting of data management documents, cruise reports and plans, videos and pictures, and other miscellaneous documentation were gathered by the data managers. The Hydrocarbon Sensor Array data are raw and provisional.

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0084582 FLUORESCENCE Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) chromatograph CTD fluorometer chemical physical profile RYAN CHOUEST British Petroleum Office of Response and Restoration U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System US DOC/NOAA/NOS/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Response and Restoration Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Gulf of Mexico oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS/ORR > Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce IOOS > Integrated Ocean Observing System, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE ArcGIS Software ArcMap Software BP BTEX British Petroleum CTD Chelsea UV Aquatracka Fluorimeter Contros HydroC PAH Fluorometer Coordinate System DWH Datum Deepwater Horizon ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute GCMS GIS GPS Geographic Information System Geospatial Data Global Positioning System Latitude Log File Longitude MC252 PAH Projection Shapefile TPH Thematic Map TriOS EnviroFlu-DS Deepsea PAH Fluorometer benzene chromatogram conductivity density depth ethylbenzene fluorescence fluorometry gas chromatography mass spectrometry hydrocarbon oil plume oil sheen oil spill optical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons salinity sound velocity temperature toluene total petroleum hydrocarbons water column xylenes CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS Ships RYAN CHOUEST (call sign: WDC6796, ICES code: 33RF) Gulf of Mexico State of Alabama OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO Northern Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Gulf Coast Mississippi Canyon

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