Compass Port Baseline Marine Surveys: A Time-Series of Hydrographic and Current Data from a Permanent Moored Station Outside Mobile Bay (2004-2006)

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In 2004 Compass Port LLC (Compass Port) and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), in consultation with NOAA, developed a research plan to assess the possible ecological impacts of the proposed Compass Port liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in lease block MO910, approximately 18 km south of Dauphin Island. As part of the overall baseline survey, a mooring was established at 30 05.410'N 88 12.694'W to collect time-series hydrographic and current data. Instruments included a vertical array of thermisters, CTDs at surface and bottom, and an ADCP at the bottom. Temperature, salinity, density, depth, and current velocity data were collected at 20-minute intervals from 2004 to 2006. Other parameters, such as dissolved oxygen, are available for portions of the time series beginning 20050215.

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Author Kyeong Park
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 23, 2022, 03:05 (UTC)
Created July 23, 2022, 03:05 (UTC)
Access_Constraints Permission to access these data must be given by Dr. Kyeong Park of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
ISO 19115 Topic Categories oceans
Place Keywords DISL, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama, Mobile Bay, northern Gulf of Mexico, Lease Block MO910
Theme Keywords ADCP, acoustic doppler current profiler, mooring, time-series data, physical oceanography, current velocity, vertical profile, continuous monitoring, temperature, conductivity, salinity, density, depth, pressure, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, specific conductance, turbidity, chlorophyll, TDS, sound velocity, hydrographic data, CTD, water quality
Use_Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Conoco Phillips is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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dc.coverage.y.min 30.0902
dc.creator DISL: Park Lab
dc.date Unpublished material
dc.description In 2004 Compass Port LLC (Compass Port) and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), in consultation with NOAA, developed a research plan to assess the possible ecological impacts of the proposed Compass Port liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in lease block MO910, approximately 18 km south of Dauphin Island. As part of the overall baseline survey, a mooring was established at 30 05.410'N 88 12.694'W to collect time-series hydrographic and current data. Instruments included a vertical array of thermisters, CTDs at surface and bottom, and an ADCP at the bottom. Temperature, salinity, density, depth, and current velocity data were collected at 20-minute intervals from 2004 to 2006. Other parameters, such as dissolved oxygen, are available for portions of the time series beginning 20050215.
dc.language en
dc.subject oceans
dc.title Compass Port Baseline Marine Surveys: A Time-Series of Hydrographic and Current Data from a Permanent Moored Station Outside Mobile Bay (2004-2006)
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