Dataset: SINC CTD Profiles

Name: CTD profiles from the Great Lakes, North America collected during various R/V Blue Heron cruises between 2009-2012 (SINC project)
Published: 2016-08-24
Keywords: inlandWaters

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Spatial Extent: N:49.997 E:-79.894 S:41.733 W:-92.05

Temporal Extent: 2009-11-10 - 2012-08-17

Project:

Sources and Sinks of Stoichiometrically Imbalanced Nitrate in the Laurentian Great Lakes (SINC)

Program:

Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies (Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Robert W. Sterner (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, UMTC)

Contact:

Dr Robert W. Sterner (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, UMTC)

Analyst:

Kaitlin L. Reinl (University of Minnesota Duluth)

Technician:

Ms Sandra Brovold (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, UMTC)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2016-08-24

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

CTD profiles from the Great Lakes, North America collected during various R/V Blue Heron cruises between 2009-2012 (SINC project)

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Description

This dataset contains CTD profile data collected during R/V Blue Heron cruises in the Great Lakes, North America.

Methods & Sampling

CTD casts were conducted during R/V Blue Heron cruises at designated stations.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
- Generated from original .asc and .xlxs (SINC 6) files contributed by Bob Sterner
- Upcast data removed from original files
- Awk written to reformat original files
- AWK: SINC[x]_CTDasc_2_BCODMO.awk
- Header data (parameter names) for CTD data generated from .hdr files
- Space delimited reformatted to tab delimited
- All records with "#" or "*" ignored
- Blank lines ignored
- BCO-DMO header o/p from routine
- Parameter "sbeox0_Mn" corrected to "sbeox0_Mm" 20July2012/srg
- Dataset generated with parameters common to all cruises 20July2012/srg

Second set of files:
-variable names changed to normalize to BCO-DMO standards
-units included for all variables
- station "michipictoen" lat/lon updated using the ctd lat lon value

Data Files

File
SINC_CTD.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 134.45 MB) MD5:172d8678df6c98a799c97f1e0f50c4f0 Primary data file for dataset ID 3632

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0927277
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0927512

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
BH09-SINC1	SINC 1	2009-11-10	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH10-01	SINC 5	2010-05-14	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH10-06	SINC 6	2010-06-25	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH10-13	SINC 10	2010-08-18	R/V Blue Heron	George S. Bullerjahn (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH10-22	SINC 11	2010-10-05	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH11-01	SINC14	2011-03-29	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH11-14	SINC16	2011-07-14	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH12-10	SINC18	2012-06-25	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
BH12-20	SINC19	2012-08-14	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

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

Fluorometer

Supplied Name: wetstar WSCD

Supplied Description:

Wetlabs Wetstar WSCD

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.

Fluorometer

Supplied Name: Wetstar WS3S

Supplied Description:

Wetlabs Wetstar WS3S

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Fluorometer

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

Generic Description:

Photosynthetically Available Radiation Sensor

Supplied Name: Biospherical QSP-200L

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Photosynthetically Available Radiation Sensor

Acronym: PAR sensor

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/122/

Generic Description:

A PAR sensor measures photosynthetically available (or active) radiation. The sensor measures photon flux density (photons per second per square meter) within the visible wavelength range (typically 400 to 700 nanometers). PAR gives an indication of the total energy available to plants for photosynthesis. This instrument name is used when specific type, make and model are not known.

Salinity Sensor

Supplied Name: SBE 4C

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Salinity Sensor

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/350/

Generic Description:

Category of instrument that simultaneously measures electrical conductivity and temperature in the water column to provide temperature and salinity data.

Sea-Bird SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Name: SBE 43 Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Description:

SBE 43

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: SBE 3+

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

Transmissometer

Supplied Name:

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.

Water Depth Logger

Supplied Name: SBE 9+

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Water Depth Logger

Generic Description:

For measuring and recording water levels in rivers, streams, and wells.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
CruiseId	Cruise Id	text	cruiseid
Station	Station - From Station List	text	station
Date	Station date (GMT)	YYYYMMDD	date
Time	Station time (GMT)	HHMMSS	time
Lat	Station latitude (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
Lon	Station longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
press	Pressure digiquartz SBE 9+ SeaBird documentaion for converting pressure in decibars to depth in meters available at: http://www.seabird.com/application_notes/AN69.htm Formula for fresh water: depth (meters) = pressure (decibars) * 1.019716	decibars	press
temp	Temperature ITS-90 SBE 3+	degrees C	temp
cond	Conductivity SBE 4C	microSiemens per centimeter	cond
cond_spec	Specific Conductance SBE 4C	microSiemens per centimeter	specc
beam_trans	Beam Transmission Chelsea/Seatech/WET Labs Cstar	percentage	trans
fluor	Fluorescence Wetlabs Wetstar WS3S	milligrams per cubic meters	fluor
CDOM	CDOM = colored dissolved organic matter Wetlabs Wetstar WSCD	milligrams per cubic meters	CDOM
PAR	PAR/Irradiance = Photosynthetically available radiation Biospherical QSP-200L	microEinsteins per square centimeters per second	PAR
sPAR	Surface Photosynthetially Available Radiation	microEinsteins per square centimeters per second	SPAR
O2_mg_L	Dissolved Oxygen SBE43	milligrams per liter	O2
O2_sat	Dissolved Oxygen percent saturation	percentage	O2sat
sal	Salinity SBE 4C	PSU	sal
lat_ctd	Data latitude (South is negative) from the CTD	decimal degrees	lat
lon_ctd	Data longitude (West is negative) from the CTD	decimal degrees	lon
flag	Flag calculated by software	integer	flag
O2_umol_kg	Dissolved oxygen in micromoles per kilogram	micromoles per kilogram	O2
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Date/Time (UTC) in ISO format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx]	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC

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