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Chemical, physical, profile and laboratory analysis oceanographic data collected aboard the Brooks McCall in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-11 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event (NCEI Accession 0074853)

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Chemical, physical, profile and laboratory analysis oceanographic data were collected aboard the Brooks McCall in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-11 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 Semivolatile Organic Compounds, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) and Volatile Organic Compounds. The instruments used to collect these data included CTD and bottle 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). The analytical chemistry data are provisional and provide results of onshore laboratory analysis of water and sediment samples. 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.

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0074853 Semivolatile Organic Compounds Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) Volatile Organic Compounds bottle CTD chemical laboratory analyses physical profile Brooks McCall 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE 1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-Trifluoroethane 1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 1,1-Dichloroethylene 1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE 1,2-DIBROMOETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE 2-BUTOXYETHANOL 2-HEXANONE ACETONE Acenaphthene Acenaphthylene Alkanes, Total Anthracene Aromatics, Total BP Benz(a)anthracene Benzene Benzo(a)pyrene Benzo(b)fluoranthene Benzo(e)pyrene Benzo(g,h,i)perylene Benzo(k)fluoranthene British Petroleum C1-Dibenzothiophenes C1-FLUORANTHENES/PYRENES C1-Naphthobenzothiophene C1-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C2-Chrysenes C2-Dibenzothiophenes C2-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C2-Fluorenes C2-Naphthalenes C2-Naphthobenzothiophene C2-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C3-Chrysenes C3-Dibenzothiophenes C3-Fluoranthenes/Pyrenes C3-Fluorenes C3-NAPHTHOBENZOTHIOPHENES C3-Naphthalenes C3-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes C4-Chrysenes C4-Fluoranthrenes/pyrenes C4-Naphthalenes C4-Phenanthrenes/Anthracenes CARBON DISULFIDE CARBON TETRACHLORIDE CFC-11 CFC-12 CHLOROBENZENE CHLOROETHANE CHLOROFORM CHLOROMETHANE CTD CYCLOHEXANE Chlorodibromomethane Chrysene Cis-1,3-Dichloropropene Conductivity Cumene DI(Propylene Glycol)ButylEther DWH Decane Deepwater Horizon Depth Dibenz(a,h)anthracene Dibenzothiophene Dichlorobromomethane Docosane Dodecane Dotriacontane Eicosane Ethylbenzene Fluoranthene Fluorene HENTRIACONTANE Halon 1011 Heneicosane Heptacosane Heptadecane Hexacosane Hexadecane Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene MC252 Methyl Acetate Methyl bromide Methyl ethyl ketone Methyl isobutyl ketone Methyl tert-butyl ether Methylchrysene Methylcyclohexane Methylene Chloride Methylfluorene Methylnaphthalene N-PENTATRIACONTANE NONACOSANE Naphthalene Naphthobenzothiophene Nonadecane Octacosane Octadecane Pentacosane Perylene Phenanthrene Phytane Pristane Propylene glycol Pyrene STYRENE Sea-Bird SBE 19plus V2 SEACAT Profiler Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Sensor TETRACHLOROETHYLENE TPH TRIDECANE TRITRIACONTANE Temperature Tentatively Identified Compounds(1) Tetracosane Tetradecane Tetratriacontane Toluene Triacontane Tribromomethane Trichloroethylene Tricosane Undecane VINYL CHLORIDE VOA VOC WET Labs ECO Fluorometer Xylenes, Total analytical chemistry bathymetry chemical analysis cis-1,2-DICHLOROETHENE density dissolved oxygen fluorescence fluorometry hydrocarbon laboratory analysis laboratory results m-Dichlorobenzene nC-15 Pentadecane o-Dichlorobenzene oil plume oil sheen oil spill p-Dichlorobenzene pressure salinity sediment samples semivolatile organic compound sound velocity total petroleum hydrocarbons trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene trans-1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE volatile organic analysis volatile organic compound water column water samples CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Ships Brooks McCall (call sign: WCZ7811, ICES code: 33TC) Gulf of Mexico State of Louisiana State of Mississippi 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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temporal 2010-09-07T00:00:00+00:00/2010-09-11T00:00:00+00:00
title Chemical, physical, profile and laboratory analysis oceanographic data collected aboard the Brooks McCall in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-09-07 to 2010-09-11 in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill event (NCEI Accession 0074853)

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