https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.7 2026-04-15T10:53:30.610Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/projects/27ebc07f-cc34-45ce-afe1-a660017bbd3d NEMP The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)Northeast Monitoring Program completed its second watercolumnmonitoring survey in the Middle Atlantic Bight for1984. The cruisewas conducted during the week of June 2-9, 1984aboard the R/V CAPEHENLOPEN of the University ofDelaware. Seventy six stations wereoccupied; the stationlocations are shown in Figure 1. Stagingoccurred at theUniversity of Delaware, College of Marine Studies,Lewes,Delaware. The cruise was conducted by the National OceanService(NOS) Office of Oceanography and Marine Assessment,OceanAssessments Division. Chemical analyses were performed bypersonnelfrom the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).OBJECTIVES:The objectives of the cruise were (1) to monitor the annualcycleof pycnocline development and associated reductions ofdissolved oxygenlevels in bottom waters of the New York Bight;(2) to take ancillaryphysical and chemical data to aid inunderstanding processes which maycontribute to pollutionresulting from nutrient loading; (3) to collectsurface samplesfor phytoplankton identification and distributionstudies; (4) tocollect sediment samples from selected stations forC:H:N ratios,chlorophyll a, diatom resting spores, and N14/N15 ratios;(5) tocorrelate satellite-imagery with sea surface temperature; (6)tocollect and transmit shipboard XBT and weather data inreal-time viaGOES satellite; and (7) to obtain surface mappingof chlorophyll overthe Middle-Atlantic Bight for correlationwith satellite imagery.For more information,link to 'http://ccmaserver.nos.noaa.gov/Abstracts/Document559.pdf'[Summary provided by NOAA]