Dataset: REACH_ctd
Deployment: GC2002-4

CTD data from the western Gulf of Maine

Principal Investigator:

Ann Bucklin (University of New Hampshire, UNH/OPAL)

Scientist:

Mr Chris Manning (University of New Hampshire, UNH/OPAL)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Regional Ecology And Coastal Hydrography (REACH)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

final

Version Date:

2017-06-28

Data URL:

https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/707018/data

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Description

Salinity, temperature and light data from repeat visits to the western Gulf of Maine.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Samples are taken monthly along a cross-shelf transect in coastal
waters offshore of New Hampshire (see locations below).
The CTD data served here are part of a full suite of data that were
collected at each station.

Deployment-specific acquisition description

This is an accumulation of all the deployments that went out to visit these four sites during these three years.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
unknown REACH COOA	Coastal Ocean Observing and Analysis

Instruments

CTD - profiler

Supplied Name: CTD profiler

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD - profiler

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/130/

Generic Description:

The Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) unit is an integrated instrument package designed to measure the conductivity, temperature, and pressure (depth) of the water column. The instrument is lowered via cable through the water column. It permits scientists to observe the physical properties in real-time via a conducting cable, which is typically connected to a CTD to a deck unit and computer on a ship. The CTD is often configured with additional optional sensors including fluorometers, transmissometers and/or radiometers. It is often combined with a Rosette of water sampling bottles (e.g. Niskin, GO-FLO) for collecting discrete water samples during the cast.

This term applies to profiling CTDs. For fixed CTDs, see https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/869934.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date_cruiseid	Date of visit to station; MMDDYY; doubled as cruiseid for a short time; local date	date format	date
station	where the data was collected	text	station
lat	latitude of station; North is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude of station; West is negative	decimal degrees	lon
depth	depth of the observation	meters	depth
temp	Temperature	degrees C	temp
sal	Salinity	dimensionless(PSU)	sal
cond	Conductivity	mSiemens/cm	cond
light_tran	light transmission	percent	light_trans
fluor	fluorescence from the CTD	micrograms per cubic meter	fluor
PAR	Photosynthetically Available Radiation	microEinsteins per square centimeter	PAR
sigma_t	density	kilograms per meter	density

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Dataset: REACH_ctd
Deployment: GC2002-4