Parameter: CDOM

Dataset: 
Underway Data
Parameter: 
colored dissolved organic matter
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 CDOM
Short Description:
 colored dissolved organic matter
Official Name:
 CDOM
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM): The optically measurable component of the dissolved organic matter in water

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
CDOM
Supplied Units: 
RFU (relative fluorescence units)
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

$PSFLX CDOM Turner C3 Fluorometer Bio Chem Lab (RFU - relative fluorescence units)

# Notes:
1) A new Turner C3 Fluorometer was installed in the Bio Chem Lab at the beginning of HLY1101. The parameters measured from this instrument are Chlorophyll-a, Phycoerythrin and CDOM. The quality of this data is unknown at this time. Rather large jumps in values were noted for Chlorophyll-a as if the instrument was adjusting the scale automatically. This was observed mostly in the early part of the cruise. It is unknown at this time the reasons for these jumps.