Dataset: CTD Profiles

Name: One decibar-averaged CTD profiles from R/V Atlantic Explorer cruise AE-X1103/AE1104 from the Sargasso Sea in 2011 (SargassoSeaLipids project)
Published: 2011-12-13
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:33.198 E:-64.005 S:32.167 W:-64.505

Project:

Biogeochemical Impact and Fate of Non-phosphorus Membrane Lipids in the Sargasso Sea (SargassoSeaLipids)

Program:

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Chief Scientist:

Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Theresa McKee (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

13 December 2011

Version Date:

2011-12-13

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

One decibar-averaged CTD profiles from R/V Atlantic Explorer cruise AE-X1103/AE1104 from the Sargasso Sea in 2011 (SargassoSeaLipids project)

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Description

One decibar-averaged CTD profiles from cruise AE1104 (formerly called AE-X1103).

Data Files

File
X1103_CTD_profiles.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.69 MB) MD5:1fca48453886a79525055c7065ef51df Primary data file for dataset ID 3584

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1031143

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
AE1104	AE-X1103	2011-03-15	R/V Atlantic Explorer	Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird 911

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird 911

Acronym: CTD SBE 911

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0035/

Generic Description:

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

Fluorometer

Supplied Description:

Chelsea Aqua 3

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Fluorometer

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

Generic Description:

A fluorometer or fluorimeter is a device used to measure parameters of fluorescence: its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. The instrument is designed to measure the amount of stimulated electromagnetic radiation produced by pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted into a water sample or in situ.

LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor

Acronym: LI-COR Biospherical PAR

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0074/

Generic Description:

The LI-COR Biospherical PAR Sensor is used to measure Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) in the water column. This instrument designation is used when specific make and model are not known.

Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Name: SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

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

Transmissometer

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Transmissometer

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/124/

Generic Description:

A transmissometer measures the beam attenuation coefficient of the lightsource over the instrument's path-length. This instrument designation is used when specific manufacturer, make and model are not known.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruise	Cruise identifier	dimensionless	no_bcodmo_term
cast	CTD cast number	dimensionless	cast
date	Date of sample	YYYYMMDD	date
lon	longitude	decimal degrees	lon
lat	latitude	decimal degrees	lat
time	time of cast	hhmm	time
prmax	pressure maximum	dimensionless	prmax
press	sampling pressure	decibars	press
temp	Temperature	degrees Celsius	temp
sal	Salinity	dimensionless	sal
O2_ml_L	dissolved oxygen concentration	milliliters/liter	O2_ml_L
PAR	water column photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)	micromols photons/meter^2/second	PAR
beam_cp	Beam attenuation.	reciprocal meters	beam_cp
trans	Light transmission.	percent	trans
depth	sample depth.	meter	depth
potemp	Potential temperature.	degrees C	potemp
sigma_0	Sigma-theta (potential density).	kilograms/meter^3	sigma_0
fluor	fluorescence		fluor

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Dataset: CTD Profiles