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Oceanographic data used in support of the Gulf of Mexico Brine Disposal Analysis Project, from 1977-02-02 to 1985-08-26

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000+00:00
This collection includes physical, chemical, and biological data collected in the Gulf of Mexico in support of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Brine Disposal Analysis Project, including water temperature, salinity, currents, waves, winds and weather, chemicals, marine toxic substances, effluents, pollutants, water transparency, fishery surveys, benthic organisms, nekton, zooplankton and phytoplankton, bacteriology, chlorophyll, and other data. The data was collected from numerous platforms including ships, moored and fixed platforms, using various instruments including current meters, nets, bottles, sediment samplers, and others. The data has been used for various analyses and assessments.

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DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB AMMONIA (NH3) bacteria BACTERIA - HALOPHILIC BACTERIA - HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA - HYDROCARBONOCLASTIC BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 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 BOTTOM TYPE CARBON CARBON - TOTAL UPTAKE CARBON ASSIMILATION CARBON ASSIMILATION - INTEGRATED CAS (CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE) PARAMETER CODES CATCH STATISTICS CATCH STATISTICS - AVERAGES CATCH STATISTICS - DETAILS CHLOROPHYLL CHLOROPHYLL - RELATIVE FLUORESCENCE CHLOROPHYLL A CHLOROPHYLL A - INTEGRATED CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION cloud amount/frequency cloud type CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT METER - DIRECTION CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT METER - SPEED CURRENT SPEED DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - SENSOR 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 CENSUS FISH SPECIES FISHERY SURVEY FISHERY SURVEY - CATCH MEASUREMENTS - DETAILS FISHERY SURVEY - CATCH MEASUREMENTS - GENERAL FISHERY SURVEY - FISHING DURATION HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RECOVERABLE HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RESOLVED HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - AGE INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - FIN ROT INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - LENGTH INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - SEX INDIVIDUAL FISH EXAMINATION - WEIGHT LIGHT INTENSITY - LIGHT LEVEL (ABOARD PLATFORM) LIGHT PENETRATION - ONE PERCENT LIGHT DEPTH MEIOFAUNA 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 PHAEOPIGMENTS phosphate PHOSPHATE - PO4-P REACTIVE TIME PHOSPHORUS - ORGANIC IN PHOSPHATE PHOSPHORUS - TOTAL IN PHOSPHATE PHYTOPLANKTON PHYTOPLANKTON - DRY WEIGHT PHYTOPLANKTON - WET WEIGHT QUANTA SALINITY SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER SALINITY - SURFACE WATER SEA DIRECTION SEA HEIGHT SEA PERIOD SEA STATE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Secchi depth SEDIMENTS SEDIMENTS - ORGANIC CARBON SEDIMENTS - PARTICLE SIZE FRACTIONS SEDIMENTS - PERCENT COVER SEDIMENTS - TOTAL CARBON SHELLFISH SIGMA-T silicate SILICON DIOXIDE SOUND VELOCITY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - AGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - ASH-FREE WEIGHT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - COUNT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - DRY WEIGHT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE HISTORY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - LIFE STAGE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - SEX SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - TOTAL WEIGHT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - WET WEIGHT SPECIES WET WEIGHT PER SAMPLE Sulfate (SO4 2-) suspended solids SWELL DIRECTION SWELL HEIGHT SWELL PERIOD TAXONOMIC CODE TEMPERATURE - SEDIMENT THERMOCLINE DEPTH TIDE HEIGHT TIDE STAGE total alkalinity TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TRANSMISSIVITY turbidity VISIBILITY WATER COLOR water depth WATER DEPTH - AVERAGE WATER TEMPERATURE WATER TRANSPARENCY WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WAVE SPECTRA - NON-DIRECTIONAL WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION - PREVAILING WIND FORCE WIND SPEED WIND SPEED - AVERAGE ZOOPLANKTON ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES IDENTITIES ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES NUMBER PER SAMPLE accelerometer bathythermograph - BT bathythermograph - XBT bottle buoy - moored buoy CTD current meter hydrometer inclinometer laboratory analysis meteorological sensor mooring net net - plankton net net - zooplankton net oxygen sensor pH sensor pressure gauge refractometer salinometer Secchi disk sediment sampler - corer sediment sampler - grab thermistor thermometer tide gauge transmissometer trap - sediment visual analysis visual estimate benthic biological chemical continuous current measurements current measurements - surface currents laboratory analyses meteorological physical phytoplankton abundance profile sediment analysis site samples surface measurements survey survey - biological time series tows trawl water chemistry AL JO ANTARES CAJUN SPECIAL CAPT JACK CAPT. BRADY J DIXIE ISLE II EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE II FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES FIXED STATIONS OF UNITED STATES GUS III LADY GLORIA NOAA Ship Ferrel NOAA Ship Researcher PEARL QUEST SW RESEARCHER TEXAS STAR TREY-B UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES WITCHDOT Coastal Ecosystems Management, Inc. Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda Energy Resources Company, Inc. LGL Ltd., Alaska Research Associates, Inc. McNeese State University Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources NOAA Data Buoy Office NOAA National Data Buoy Center NOAA National Ocean Service Science Applications International Corporation - Oak Ridge, TN Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC Southwest Research Institute Texas A&M University US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD Dames and Moore, Inc. - Bethesda Energy Resources Company, Inc. LGL Ltd., Alaska Research Associates, Inc. McNeese State University Moody College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Resources NOAA Data Buoy Office NOAA National Data Buoy Center NOAA National Ocean Service Science Applications International Corporation - Oak Ridge, TN Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC Southwest Research Institute Texas A&M University US DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service - Rockville, MD BRINE DISPOSAL OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF - GEORGES BANK (OCS-GEORGES BANK) Coastal Waters of Louisiana Coastal Waters of Texas Gulf of Mexico North Atlantic Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NOS > National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NWS/NDBC > National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce SAIC > Science Applications International Corporation SWRI > Southwest Research Institute OCS > Outer Continental Shelf Program EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > MOLLUSKS EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > SURFACE SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > THERMOCLINE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SWELLS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPECTRA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT ACCELEROMETERS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CURRENT METERS GRAB SAMPLERS HYDROMETERS > HYDROMETERS INCLINOMETERS > INCLINOMETERS NETS > NETS OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS PH METERS > PH METERS PLANKTON NETS PRESSURE GAUGES SALINOMETERS SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS SEDIMENT CORERS > SEDIMENT CORERS THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS TIDE GAUGES > TIDE GAUGES TRANSMISSOMETERS TRAPS > TRAPS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Ships AL JO (ICES code: 32A0) ANTARES (ICES code: 32A7) CAJUN SPECIAL (ICES code: 32C0) CAPT JACK (ICES code: 32J2) CAPT. BRADY J (ICES code: 32B0) DIXIE ISLE II (ICES code: 322I) EXCELLENCE (call sign: KTDP, ICES code: 32L7) EXCELLENCE II (ICES code: 32QT) FERREL (call sign: WTEZ, ICES code: 318L, 1968-2002) GUS III (ICES code: 31G3) LADY GLORIA (ICES code: 32LQ) PEARL (ICES code: 32YR) QUEST (ICES code: 32JQ) Researcher (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 3175, 1970-1987) SW RESEARCHER (ICES code: 32YG) TEXAS STAR (ICES code: 32XS) TREY-B (ICES code: 325T) WITCHDOT (ICES code: 32WF) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO

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