Dataset: CTD - TRANSPORT Fixed Stations
Deployment: HRS110714EN

CTD data from the Fixed Station cruises of the TRANSPORT program, 2011-2012

Principal Investigator:

Elizabeth North (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES/HPL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Integrating field methods and numerical models to quantify the links between larval transport, connectivity, and population dynamics (TRANSPORT)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

Deployment Synonyms:

FSBT11

Version Date:

2015-09-21

Data URL:

https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/567930/data

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Description

The CTD data were collected in the Choptank River at three fixed locations in July 2011 and 2012.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

CTD Processing information (pdf)

Links to calibrations sheets:

2011:
SBE3 T2224 06Nov10.pdf
SBE3 T2574 26Jan11.pdf
SBE3 T2631 26Jan11.pdf
SBE3 T2864 06Nov10.pdf
SBE4 C1911 09Nov10.pdf
SBE4 C2170 05Nov10.pdf
SBE4 C2208 26Jan11.pdf
SBE4 C2209 26Jan11.pdf
configuration file: 2011-B.con
Pressure Cal (2010-02-05): 9Plus0483.JPG
SBE43 - O2 Cal (2010-11-02): 430021 POST CAL.pdf
SBE43- O2 Cal (2011-02-15): 430539 Final cal.pdf
Chl and Turbidity (2011-02-16): FLNTURT-090_CharSheet.pdf
Chl and Turbidity (2010-12-06): FLNTURT-091_CHARSHEET.pdf
Flr:Chl plot: FSBT11Chlacal_1.png
NTS:TSS plot: FSBT11tsscal_1.png

2012:
SBE3 T2574 25Jan12.pdf
SBE3 T2631 07Feb12.pdf
SBE3 T2224 19Jul11.pdf
SBE3 T2864 19Jul11.pdf
SBE4 C2208 17Jan12.pdf
SBE4 C2209 17Jan12.pdf
SBE4 C1911 28Jul11.pdf
SBE4 C2603 28Jul11.pdf
Pressure test: 05-1548 PTest.pdf
Pressure test: 05-3557 PTest.pdf
Pressure cal: (2011-02-01) (in use 1/1/2012)TSS Calibration for ECO-FLNTU w/outliers removed
SBE43- O2_Calib._Sheet.jpg
SBE43- O2_430021 Final cal.pdf
Chl and Turbidity: FLNTURT-090_CharSheet.pdf
Chl and Turbidity: FLNTURT-091.charsheet.pdf
Flr:Chl plot: FSBT12Chlacal_1.png

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

CTD data were processed into depth bins.

BCO-DMO Processing:

- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- renamed parameters to BCO-DMO standard
- created toplevel file to serve individual files as a single object
- added cruise_name, cruise_id, lat_start, lon_start (for mapping capabilities)

Versions:
- v2: 2015-09-22 - added lat_start, lon_start
- v1: 2015-09-21: served data

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-0829512	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

Acronym: CTD SBE 911plus

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0058/

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird SBE 911 plus is a type of CTD instrument package for continuous measurement of conductivity, temperature and pressure. The SBE 911 plus includes the SBE 9plus Underwater Unit and the SBE 11plus Deck Unit (for real-time readout using conductive wire) for deployment from a vessel. The combination of the SBE 9 plus and SBE 11 plus is called a SBE 911 plus. The SBE 9 plus uses Sea-Bird's standard modular temperature and conductivity sensors (SBE 3 plus and SBE 4). The SBE 9 plus CTD can be configured with up to eight auxiliary sensors to measure other parameters including dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, fluorescence, light (PAR), light transmission, etc.). more information from Sea-Bird Electronics

Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Acronym: SBE-43 DO

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0036/

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird SBE 43 dissolved oxygen sensor is a redesign of the Clark polarographic membrane type of dissolved oxygen sensors. more information from Sea-Bird Electronics

Sea-Bird SBE-3 Temperature Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Sea-Bird SBE-3 Temperature Sensor

Acronym: SBE-3 Temperature

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/134/

Generic Description:

The SBE-3 is a slow response, frequency output temperature sensor manufactured by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. (Bellevue, Washington, USA). It has an initial accuracy of +/- 0.001 degrees Celsius with a stability of +/- 0.002 degrees Celsius per year and measures seawater temperature in the range of -5.0 to +35 degrees Celsius. more information from Sea-Bird Electronics

Sea-Bird SBE-4 Conductivity Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Sea-Bird SBE-4 Conductivity Sensor

Acronym: SBE-4 Conductivity

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0417/

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird SBE-4 conductivity sensor is a modular, self-contained instrument that measures conductivity from 0 to 7 Siemens/meter. The sensors (Version 2; S/N 2000 and higher) have electrically isolated power circuits and optically coupled outputs to eliminate any possibility of noise and corrosion caused by ground loops. The sensing element is a cylindrical, flow-through, borosilicate glass cell with three internal platinum electrodes. Because the outer electrodes are connected together, electric fields are confined inside the cell, making the measured resistance (and instrument calibration) independent of calibration bath size or proximity to protective cages or other objects.

WetLabs FLNTU

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: WetLabs FLNTU

Acronym: FLNTU

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/113/

Generic Description:

The WetLabs ECO FLNTU is a dual-wavelength, single-angle sensor for simultaneously determining both chlorophyll fluorescence and turbidity. It detects light scattered by particles suspended in water, generating an output voltage proportional to turbidity or suspended solids. Scaling factors are used to convert the voltage readings to values representing chlorophyll concentration and turbidity expressed in Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTUs).

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
year	Calendar year	yyyy	year
cruise_id	Official R2R cruise identification	unitless	cruise_id
cruise_name	Alternate cruise name	unitless	cruise_name
cast	CTD cast number (integer)	unitless	cast
lat_start	Latitude at start of cast	decimal degrees	lat_start
lon_start	Longitude at start of cast; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon_start
press	Mid-point of pressure bin	decibars	press
month	Calendar month	mm	month
day	Day of month	dd	day
time_UTC	UTC time	HHMM	time_utc
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Date and time; ISO 8601:2004(E) format	yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]	ISO_DateTime_UTC
julian_day	Numeric time in Julian day for year in UTC time base	unitless	julian_day
lat	Latitude geographic coordinate from ship	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude geographic coordinate from ship. Minus indicates western hemisphere	decimal degrees	lon
temp	Water temperature from primary temp sensor	degrees Celsius	temp
cond	Conductivity from primary sensor	Siemens per meter	cond
sal	Salinity	PSU	sal
density	Density	kilograms per cubic meter	density
flvolt	A/D voltage 0 = Fluorescence voltage from ECO-FLNTU sensor	volts	flvolt
trans_v	A/D voltage 4 = CStar transmissometer	volts	trans_v
alt	Altimeter distance to seabed. NaN values are readings that were flagged suspected bad values in post-processing step	meters	altitude
O2_mg_L	Dissolved oxygen concentration	milligrams per liter	O2_mg_L
O2sat	Percent dissolved oxygen saturation	percent	O2_sat_pcnt
turbidity	Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) from ECO-FLNTU sensor	NTU	turbidity
TSS	Total Suspended Solids (TSS) from calibration of collected water samples analyzed in the lab for TSS and NTU from ECO-FLNTU sensor	milligrams per liter	no_bcodmo_term
fluor	Fluorescence units from ECO-FLNTU sensor	micrograms per liter	fluor
chl_a	Chlorophyll-a from calibration of fluorescence to analysis of water samples for chla	micrograms per liter	chl_a
flag	Data flag from SeaBird Data Processing Software(0 = good)	unitless	flag

Database

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Dataset: CTD - TRANSPORT Fixed Stations
Deployment: HRS110714EN

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Database

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Dataset: CTD - TRANSPORT Fixed StationsDeployment: HRS110714EN

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Dataset: CTD - TRANSPORT Fixed Stations
Deployment: HRS110714EN