Oceanographic Observations in the Hudson Shelf Valley, December 1999  April 2000:  
Data Report

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02 - 217 

2003

by Bradford Butman (1), P. Soupy Alexander (1), Courtney K. Harris (2), Peter A. 
Traykovski (3), Marilyn B. ten Brink (1), Frances S. Lightsom (1), and Marinna A. 
Martini (1)

(1) U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA
(2) Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Pt., VA (formerly at U.S. Geological 
Survey, Woods Hole, MA)
(3) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods Hole, MA


INTRODUCTION

This data report presents oceanographic observations (current, temperature, salinity, 
pressure, and acoustic and optical backscatter intensity) made in the Hudson Shelf 
Valley, offshore of New York, between December 1999 and April 2000.  These 
observations were made by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a program to 
investigate the transport and fate of sediment and associated contaminants in the coastal 
waters offshore of the New York - New Jersey metropolitan region.  The report presents a 
description of the field program and instrumentation, an overview of the data through 
summary plots and statistics, and the data in NetCDF, ASCII, and Matlab format.  The 
objective of this report is to make the data available in digital form, and to provide 
summary plots and statistics to facilitate browsing of the data set.  The fieldwork was 
carried out in cooperation with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

This research was supported by the U. S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology 
Program.  


This DVD-ROM contains:

(1) A report describing the field experiment and data in html with links to figures, tables, 
and data.  To access his report, open the file index.htm at the top-level directory with your 
WWW browser.  THIS IS THE PRINCIPAL POINT OF ENTRY TO THE 
INTERPRETATIONS AND DATA CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT.

(2) Graphical and tabular summaries of the data, including statistics, principal axes, sorts 
of the data by speed and direction, and selected plots to facilitate viewing of the data, 
principally on a yearly basis.  To access these plots, click on the options under 'Results' 
on the navigation sidebar of the interpretive report ((1) above).  

(3) The time series data files in netCDF, Matlab, and ASCII format.  To access these 
data, click on 'Digital Data Files' on the navigation sidebar of the interpretive report ((1) 
above).

(4) Data and non-data figures in PDF format, readme.txt file, and DVD covers.  To 
access these files, click on 'Supplementary Files' on the navigation sidebar of the 
interpretive report ((1) above).

(5) Metadata describing the data included in this report.  To access the metadata, click on 
'Metadata' on the navigation sidebar in the interpretive report  ((1) above).  

(6) Links to websites for additional information.  These links are only accessible if access 
to the Internet is available during browsing of the DVD-ROM.


DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

index.htm:  To access his report, open the file start.htm with your WWW browser.  

readme.txt:  This document, that contains information about the data report structure and 
purpose.

of02-217:  This directory contains all of the html, data, figures, and so forth 
contained in this data report.

     Subdirectory Artwork:  This directory contains the DVD jacket front and back covers.

     Subdirectory Data_Files:  This directory contains data in several formats.

	Subdirectory CTD_Data:  This directory contains the hydrographic data acquired in 
the Hudson Shelf Valley.

	     Subdirectory ASCII_Files:  This directory contains hydrographic data in ASCII 
format.

	     Subdirectory Con_Files:  This directory contains the Seasoft configuration files 
used to process the hydrographic data.

	     Subdirectory Dat_Files:  This directory contains the original Seasoft hydrographic 
data files.

	     Subdirectory Header_Files:  This directory contains the header files for the 
hydrographic data.

	     Subdirectory Mat_Files:  This directory contains hydrographic data in Matlab 
format. 

	Subdirectory Tri_Moor_Data:  This directory contains the data acquired by surface 
and subsurface moorings as well as tripods at the Hudson Shelf Valley site.

	     Subdirectory ascii:  This directory contains the Hudson Shelf Valley data in ascii 
format.

	     Subdirectory matlab:  This directory contains the Hudson Shelf Valley data in 
Matlab format.

	     Subdirectory net_cdf:  This directory contains the Hudson Shelf Valley data in 
netCDF format.


     Subdirectory m-files:  This directory contains Matlab m-files used to generate the various 
plots and statistics included in this data report.


     Subdirectory Text:  This directory contains the text for the interpretive report (including 
tables) in several formats.

	Subdirectory Excel:  This directory contains text (including tables) in Excel format.

	Subdirectory PDF:  This directory contains text (including tables) in PDF format.

	Subdirectory Txt:  This directory contains text (including tables) in simple text 
format.

	Subdirectory Word:  This directory contains text (including tables) in MSWord 
format.

     Subdirectory Visuals:  This directory contains all of the visuals used in this data report, 
including plots of the data, illustrative figures, and images used for navigation in the HTML.

	Subdirectory Data_Visuals:  This directory contains all of the data plots of the report.

	     Subdirectory CTD_Files:  This directory contains all of the plots of the 
hydrographic data.

	     Subdirectory Mult_Sites:  This directory contains all of the plots comparing 
mooring data from multiple stations.

	     Subdirectory Site_A:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station A.

	     Subdirectory Site_B:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station B.

	     Subdirectory Site_C:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station C.

	     Subdirectory Site_D:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station D.

	     Subdirectory Site_E:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station E.

	     Subdirectory Site_F:  This directory contains all of the plots of mooring data from 
Station F.

     Subdirectory Site_surveys:  This directory contains maps and bottom photographs 
of sites A-F.

	Subdirectory Non_Data_Visuals:  This directory contains all of the illustrative figures 
and images included in the data report.

	     Subdirectory Figures_Orig:  This directory contains the illustrative (non-data) 
figures included in the report in their original Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator format (thus 
allowing text modification if necessary).

	     Subdirectory Figures_PDF:  This directory contains the illustrative figures in PDF 
format, with captions.

	     Subdirectory Other:  This directory contains other non-data images, such as 
HTML banners and buttons.

	     Subdirectory Thumbnails:  This directory contains all of the illustrative figures as 
thumbnails, which are used for navigation within the HTML.

     

     Subdirectory m-Files:  This directory contains MatLab m-files used to create this data 
report.

     Subdirectory metadata:  This directory contains metadata files.





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