Dataset: Line W CTD

Name: CTD data including temperature, salinity, oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity, transmissometer data from R/V Atlantis AT16 from the Northwest Atlantic Margin (Carbon Export project)
Published: 2012-07-30
Keywords: oceans

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Project:

Particle Transport and Carbon Export over the Northwest Atlantic Margin (Carbon Export)

Program:

Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

Principal Investigator:

Matthew A. Charette (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Paul J Morris (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Contact:

Paul B. Henderson (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2012-07-30

Version Date:

2012-07-30

Validated:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

CTD data including temperature, salinity, oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity, transmissometer data from R/V Atlantis AT16 from the Northwest Atlantic Margin (Carbon Export project)

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Description

Physical data collected by the CTD, which includes temperature, depth, salinity, oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity, and transmissometry along Line W.

This dataset is preliminary and not yet finalized by the PI.

Methods & Sampling

Samples were collected every two meters.

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0851350

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
AT16	AT016 Line W	2010-09-10	R/V Atlantis	Dr Timothy I. Eglinton (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruise	The name of the cruise given by the Chief Scientist and/or the Ship's operator.		cruise_id
station	Station number.		station
cast	Cast number.		cast
longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees, where negative values denote western hemisphere.	decimal degrees	lon
latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees, where negative values denote the southern hemisphere.	decimal degrees	lat
date	Date in GMT.	mm/dd/yy	date
time	Time in GMT.	HHMM	time
depth	Water depth in meters.	meters	depth_w
press	CTD pressure reported in decibars.	decibars	press
temp	Water temperature in degrees Celsius, measured from the CTD.	degrees	temp
sal	Salinity measured from the CTD.	PSU	sal_ctd
O2	Raw Oxygen values measured from the CTD, reported in milligrams per liter, originally reported as CTD_RawOxy.	milligrams per Liter	O2_mg_L
fluor	Fluorescence measurement reported in milligrams per liter.	milligrams per liter	fluor
trans	Percent light transmittance.	percent	trans
turbidity	Water turbidity.		turbidity
ht_off_btm	Height off the bottom measured in meters. Originally reported as HOB.	meters	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: Line W CTD