Oceanographic measurements-- Georges Bank, Massachusetts, 1975-1984

A collection of time-series oceanographic data was obtained from locations on Georges Bank and adjacent continental shelf between 1975 and 1984. Measurements available include current, temperature, pressure, light transmission (beam attenuation). The time series is not continuous at any specific location. The originally processed, authoritative netCDF data files are provided in Equatorial Pacific Information Collection (EPIC) metadata convention, which has since been retired. A translated version is also available in the currently used Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata convention. The primary difference between the two conventions is that EPIC has two time variables to represent Julian Day and milliseconds, while CF only has one time variable. Additionally, burst data and some waves files were not converted to CF due to the inability to handle 2D time with multidimensional variables. Therefore, the CF files may not represent all the data files released. Files may be downloaded or accessed using links for Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) or via Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services (THREDDS) available on the data release landing page.