Project: U.S. JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment

Acronym/Short Name:NABE
Project Duration:1989-04 - 1989-07
Geolocation:North Atlantic

Description

One of the first major activities of JGOFS was a multinational pilot project, North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE), carried out along longitude 20° West in 1989 through 1991. The United States participated in 1989 only, with the April deployment of two sediment trap arrays at 48° and 34° North. Three process-oriented cruises where conducted, April through July 1989, from R/V Atlantis II and R/V Endeavor focusing on sites at 46° and 59° North. Coordination of the NABE process-study cruises was supported by NSF-OCE award # 8814229. Ancillary sea surface mapping and AXBT profiling data were collected from NASA's P3 aircraft for a series of one day flights, April through June 1989.

A detailed description of NABE and the initial synthesis of the complete program data collection efforts appear in: Topical Studies in Oceanography, JGOFS: The North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (1993), Deep-Sea Research II, Volume 40 No. 1/2.

The U.S. JGOFS Data management office compiled a preliminary NABE data report of U.S. activities: Slagle, R. and G. Heimerdinger, 1991. U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, North Atlantic Bloom Experiment, Process Study Data Report P-1, April-July 1989. NODC/U.S. JGOFS Data Management Office, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 315 pp. (out of print).

DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
An ocean productivity database using consistent, globally-acquired data from in situ primary productivity based on 14C assimilation, and including ancillary data, 1985-20082020-06-11Final no updates expected
Pigment concentrations and water bottle cast data from R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II cruises EN198, AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2003-01-14Final no updates expected
Scientific sampling event logs from R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II cruises EN198, AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2003-01-14Final no updates expected
Merged biological observations from bottle samples from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2003-01-14Final no updates expected
Particulate matter concentration from filtered Niskin Bottles from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-4 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2003-01-14Final no updates expected
Merged hydrographic, nutrient and Carbon/Nitrogen data from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2003-01-14Final no updates expected
Thorium 234 activity in particulate and dissolved phases from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-11-07Final no updates expected
High resolution CTD and beam attenuation data from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-11-06Final no updates expected
CTD data with beam attenuation and fluorescence from R/V Endeavor cruise EN198 in the North Atlantic (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-11-06Final no updates expected
High resolution CTD and beam attenuation data from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-11-06Final no updates expected
Nitrogen-15 uptake rates from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-10-30Final no updates expected
Nutrient pump observations from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-10-29Final no updates expected
Uptake of dissolved free amino acids, 15N uptake, thymidine production from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-09-09Final no updates expected
Aircraft observed sea surface temperature and chlorophyll from NASA P3 aircraft in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-02-04Final no updates expected
Trace metals and water column data from R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II cruises EN198, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2002-01-02Final no updates expected
Bacterial abundance, thymidine incorporation, bottle casts from R/V Endeavor cruise EN198 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)2001-11-28Final no updates expected
Longtrack near-surface observations from R/V Atlantis II, R/V Endeavor cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5, EN198 in the North Atlantic (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1996-04-19Final no updates expected
Integrated daily incident PAR from R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II cruises EN198, AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-12-04Final no updates expected
Aircraft deployed XBT section from NASA P3 aircraft in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-08-04Final no updates expected
Vertical profiles of PAR, upwelled irradiance and CTD data from R/V Endeavor cruise EN198 in the North Atlantic (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-08-02Final no updates expected
S4 current meter observations from MLML particle traps from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-08-01Final no updates expected
Longtrack profile data using SAIL-loop system and SeaBird sensors from R/V Endeavor cruise EN198 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-07-25Final no updates expected
Shipboard Meteorology from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-07-07Final no updates expected
Bio-Optical Profiler data from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-06-29Final no updates expected
Bio-optics data from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-06-29Final no updates expected
XBT data from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-06-27Final no updates expected
Gross and integrated gross oxygen productivity from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-4 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-06-15Final no updates expected
Sediment trap data including biogenic particle fluxes from U.S. JGOFS sediment trap deployments in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-06-07Final no updates expected
Particle Interceptor Sediment Trap data from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-4 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1995-05-10Final no updates expected
Primary production (carbon assimilation) from R/V Endeavor, R/V Atlantis II cruises EN198, AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1994-12-14Final no updates expected
Mesozooplankton weight-specific carbon ingestion rates from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1994-12-05Final no updates expected
Mesozooplankton biomass from R/V Atlantis II cruises AII-119-4, AII-119-5 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1994-12-05Final no updates expected
Bio-Optical Profiler data from R/V Atlantis II cruise AII-119-4 in the North Atlantic in 1989 (U.S. JGOFS NABE project)1994-08-09Final no updates expected

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People

Lead Principal Investigator: Hugh W. Ducklow
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

Co-Principal Investigator: Dr John Martin
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML)

Contact: Cynthia L. Chandler
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Data Manager: George Heimerdinger
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Cynthia L. Chandler
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)

Programs

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study [U.S. JGOFS]

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