ReadMe file: 
SBI: HLY-02-01 and HLY-02-03 data from Dr. Glenn Cota and Dr. Victoria Hill

TITLE: 	Bio-optics Station Information

AUTHORS:

Dr Glenn F. Cota
Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
Old Dominion University
Norfolk VA 23529

Dr. Victoria J. Hill
Department of Ocean Earth and Atmospheric Science, ODU
4600 Elkhorn Ave
Norfolk VA 23529
757.683.4911 (tel)
757.683.5303 (fax)
email vhill@odu.edu


Data questions contact:

David A. Ruble
OEAS – ODU
4600 Elkhorn Ave
Norfolk VA 23529
757.683.3281 (tel)
757.683.5303 (fax)
email druble@odu.edu
 
 
FUNDING SOURCE AND GRANT NUMBER:  NSF – OPP – 0125049

DATA SET OVERVIEW: 

Bio-Optics Station Sheets and panoramic station photos:

Data is from two cruises in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas onboard the USCGC Healy 
WAGB-20 during the spring (HLY-02-01) and summer (HLY-02-03) of 2002 as part of 
the SBI phase II project.  A summary list of Bio-Optical stations and locations from the 
two cruises are given in file Stn_List_Arc2002.txt.  Detailed station information can be 
found in the individual station sheets.   Station sheets and photos are listed by year, 
month, day, and order for that day.


Time period covered by the data:
	Spring cruise (HLY-02-01) 		  8 May 2002 to 13 June 2002.
	Summer cruise (HLY-02-03) 	18 July 2002 to 21 August 2002. 

Physical location of the measurement:
	See Stn_List_Arc2002.txt for summary list of station locations.
 
	Spring cruise (HLY-02-01) Arc2002-1:
		Min Lat:  65deg 01.380min; Max Lat: 73deg 47.040min (North)
		Min Lon: -169deg 03.105min; Max Lon: -154deg 13.081min (West)

	Summer cruise (HLY-02-03) Arc2002-2:
		Min Lat:  67deg 30.262min; Max Lat: 73deg 40.439min (North)
		Min Lon: -168deg 54.675min; Max Lon: -151deg 46.506min (West)


DATA COLLECTION

The station photos where normally taken before the CTD-productivity cast and after the 
SPMR/SMSR cast.


DATA FORMAT:

File names are year, month, day, and order for that day.  Year can be either four or two 
digits, month and day are two digits each, and order count is one digit or one digit and a 
letter.  Station sheets are in html format.  Photos are in jpeg format, multiple station 
photos are lettered, lower cast.


DATA REMARKS:
 
Missing or questionable data was not included in the submitted data set or is noted in 
the header information of the file.