The Scripps Center for Coastal Studies' Data Zoo: Physical Oceanographic

Experiments off the California Coast

BRIEF

The Center for Coastal Studies of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD (University of California, San Diego) has developed an on-line database of physical oceanographical data taken along the California coast. The data is organized by experiment, and referred to as the 'Data Zoo.' The animals in this 'zoo' are the individual data sets. As of April 1993, the following experiments and data sets are (or will shortly be) available:

SBCS (Santa Barbara Channel Study) Current Meters CTD Casts Bottom Pressure

OPUS (Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures) Current Meters CTD Casts XBT Casts Drifters Meteorology

CCCCS (Central California Coastal Circulation Study) Current Meters Drifters CTD Casts

NCCCS (Northern California Coast Circulation Study) Current Meters CTD Casts XBT Casts Drifters Bottom Pressure

SBCSMB (Santa Barbara Channel - Santa Maria Basin Study) Current Meters Drifters Satellite Images

There are currently four different ways of accessing the 'Data Zoo': an X-windows browser, anonymous ftp, dial-in and telnet. The last two ways connect to a front end to the data zoo named 'Prospero' which runs entirely in text mode.

X-Windows Browser: GB is the nickname of the Lamont-Dougherty Geographical Database Browser. This is an X-Windows based application that can be compiled on most UNIX based systems. It is the front end to a large distributed database that contains mostly geophysical and now oceanographic data at institutions around the world. First, obtain the source code for GB either from Bill Menke at Columbia (menke@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu) or Dan Larsen at Scripps (dlarsen@ucsd.edu). The source code is also available via anonymous ftp from lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu. Compile GB on your machine, run GB, and connect to the view server running on ariel.ucsd.edu.

Anonymous ftp: From your machine on the Internet, type 'ftp ariel.ucsd.edu' or 'ftp 128.54.19.61.' You will now be connected to Ariel's ftp server. Use 'anonymous' as your login name, and your e-mail address as your password. Once logged in, your current working directory becomes the zoo directory. You can download any files of interest.

Dial-in: UCSD provides a bank of terminal servers from which one can connect to Ariel, the CCS computer housing the Zoo and browsing tools. For dial-in, set modem to 8-N-1 (8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit). Dial into UCSD at either (619)558-7080 or (619)534-6908; both support 1200, 2400 and 9600bps. Once connected to the UCSD annex, type 'telnet ariel' at the prompt (eg, annex>telnet ariel). You will now be connected to Ariel. The login name is 'prospero'. This is the name of the guest account which only allows browsing. For more on using Prospero, see the data system description 'Prospero', described more fully in the supplementary information at the end of this directory entry.

Telnet: From your machine, type 'telnet ariel.ucsd.edu', or if you do not have a Domain Name Server, type 'telnet 128.54.19.61'. You will now be connected to Ariel (see dial-in instructions). The login name is 'prospero'.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: SIO_CCS_DATAZOO (MD Identifier: 4410)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1980-01-01                 TO:  
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 31N,127W    Northeast Extent:  42N,117W
 
Source:
     SHIP/BUOYS
 
Sensor:
     ANEMOMETER
     CURRENT METER>Surface Drifter
     PRESSURE SENSORS
     SALINITY/TEMP/DEPTH (CTD/STD)
     THERMOMETER
 
Storage Media:
     Digital; On-line system
 
Campaign/Project:
     CCCCS
     NCCCS
     OPUS
     SBCS
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     MID-LATITUDE>California Coast
     NORTH AMERICA>California Coast
     PACIFIC OCEAN>California Coast
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION         > HUMIDITY
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > PRECIPITATION
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > PRESSURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN COMPOSITION               > SALINITY
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > CURRENTS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > PRESSURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > TEMPERATURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
Science Review Date: 1994-01-31
 
Revision Date: 1994-01-31
                                             

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   SIO/CCS>Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for  Coastal ...
 
   Contact: SHULL, SUZANNE 
            University of California, San Diego
            Scripps Institution of Oceanography
            Center for Coastal Studies
            9500 Gilman Drive
            La Jolla, California 92093-0209
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SHULL@COAST.UCSD.EDU
 
            Phone: (619) 534-0300 (fax)
                   (619) 534-7561
                                             

PERSONNEL

Investigator: BRAY, NAN 
              University of California, San Diego
              Scripps Institution of Oceanography
              Center for Coastal Studies
              9500 Gilman Drive
              La Jolla, California 92093-0209
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> nbray@ucsd.edu
 
              Phone: (619) 534-0300 (fax)
                     (619) 534-2193
 
Tech Contact: LARSEN, DANIEL N.
              University of California, San Diego
              Scripps Institution of Oceanography
              Center for Coastal Studies
              9500 Gilman Drive
              La Jolla, California 92093-0209
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> DLARSEN@UCSD.EDU
 
              Phone: (619) 534-0300 (fax)
                     (619) 534-2210
 
Entry Author: IRVINE, DAVID 
              Hughes STX
              7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
              Greenbelt, MD  20770
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> IRVINE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
                               OMNET> D.IRVINE
                               SPAN> NCF::IRVINE
 
              Phone: (301) 441-4213
 
 
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SUP_MENU

   1. Sensor: SALINITY/TEMP/DEPTH (CTD/STD)