Dataset: T-Beam Mooring A1

Name: Conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity data from the TBeam A1 mooring deployed in the Tasman Sea between January 10 and February 28, 2015
Published: 2020-07-20
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.818958.1

Spatial Extent: N:-44.49022 E:152.9593 S:-44.49022 W:152.9593

Temporal Extent: 2015-01-10 - 2015-02-28

Project:

Collaborative Research: A study of the energy dissipation of the internal tide as it reaches the continental slope of Tasmania (T-BEAM)

Principal Investigator:

Amy Waterhouse (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Samuel Kelly (University of Minnesota Duluth)

Jennifer MacKinnon (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

Jonathan Nash (Oregon State University, OSU)

Contact:

Amy Waterhouse (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Karen Soenen (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2020-07-20

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity data from the TBeam A1 mooring deployed in the Tasman Sea between January 10 and February 28, 2015

Abstract:

Conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity data from the TBeam A1 mooring deployed in 4768-m of water in the Tasman Sea between January 10 and February 28, 2015. Data is provided in both NetCDF and Matlab format.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier (PID)	Date PID Issued
2020-07-20	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.818958.1	2022-09-16

Description

As noted in the T-Beam mooring diagram, 4 of the 8 Aanderaa current meters failed or had bad data (at 1063, 1893, 2723 and 3830m depth). They are not included in the associated current meter data file.

Methods & Sampling

TBeam A1 mooring deployed in 4768-m of water in the Tasman Sea. As noted in the T-Beam mooring diagram, 4 of the 8 Aanderaa current meters failed or had bad data (at 1063, 1893, 2723 and 3830m depth).

Data Processing Description

Conversion from binary using MATLAB Version: 9.3.0.713579 (R2017b) . Salinity calculated from observed temperature (deg C), conductivity (mS/cm) and pressure (dbar) using the seawater toolbox in Matlab sw_salt.m. Data interpolated onto common depth/time grid.

Data Files

File

TTIDE_A1_TSP_BCO_DMO.mat

(MATLAB Data (.mat), 49.10 MB)
MD5:4929e12f1e5e6108dcaebdbfc2b64278

Conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity data from the TBeam A1 mooring deployed in the Tasman Sea between January 10 and February 28, 2015 in matlab file.

dataset landing page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/818958

The file "TTIDE_A1_TSP_BCO_DMO.mat" contains data in the following matlab structures and variables:

>> matObj.moor_data

ans = 

  struct with fields:

             lat: -44.4902

             lon: 152.9543

            time: [1×70261 double]

              dt: 6.9444e-04

              sn: [47×1 double]

               T: [47×70261 double]

               P: [47×70261 double]

               S: [47×70261 double]

               C: [47×70261 double]

           depth: [47×70261 double]

       rope_dist: [47×1 double]

    mooring_name: 'A1'

            year: [70261×4 char]

           month: [70261×2 char]

             day: [70261×2 char]

            hour: [70261×2 char]

          minute: [70261×2 char]

          second: [70261×2 char]

Parameters (variable name, description, units, missing data identifier):

moor_data.mooring_name	Mooring Name string NaN

moor_data.lat Latitude	deg/minutes NaN

moor_data.lon Longitude	deg/minutes NaN

moor_data.time Matlab-time days NaN

moor_data.dt Time resolution of data days NaN	

moor_data.sn Serial number of instrument				

moor_data.T Water temperature deg C NaN 

moor_data.P Pressure bar NaN

moor_data.S Water salinity PSU NaN

moor_data.C Conductivity mS/cm NaN

moor_data.depth	 Depth of instruments m NaN

moor_data.rope_dist Distance of instrument along mooring rope meter NaN

moor_data.year	Year year NaN

moor_data.month Month month NaN

moor_data.day Day day NaN

moor_data.hour Hour hour NaN

moor_data.minute Minute minute NaN

moor_data.second Second	s NaN

TTIDE_A1_TSP_BCO_DMO.nc

(NetCDF, 132.46 MB)
MD5:b806a91201f425768ed991a8779cc425

Conductivity, temperature, depth and salinity data from the TBeam A1 mooring deployed in the Tasman Sea between January 10 and February 28, 2015 in NetCDF format.

dataset landing page: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/818958

The file "TTIDE_A1_TSP_BCO_DMO.nc" has the following dimensions and variables:

dimensions(sizes): time(70261), z(47)

variables(dimensions): float64 lat(), float64 lon(), float64 time(time), float64 dt(), float64 sn(z), float64 T(time,z), float64 P(time,z), float64 S(time,z), float64 C(time,z), float64 depth(time,z), float64 rope_dist(z), float64 year(time), float64 month(time), float64 day(time), float64 hour(time), float64 minute(time), float64 second(time)

Parameters (variable name, description, units, missing data identifier):

lat Latitude deg/minutes NaN

lon Longitude deg/minutes NaN

time Matlab-time days NaN

dt Time resolution of data days NaN

sn Serial number of instrument

T Water temperature deg C NaN

P Pressure bar NaN

S Water salinity PSU NaN

C Conductivity mS/cm NaN

depth Depth of instruments m NaN

rope_dist Distance of instrument along mooring rope meter NaN

year Year year NaN

month Month month NaN

day Day day NaN

hour Hour hour NaN

minute Minute minute NaN

second Second s NaN

Supplemental Files

File
T-BEAM Mooring A1 - Diagram (part 1) filename: TBeamA1MooringDiagram_Page1.pdf (Portable Document Format (.pdf), 256.26 KB) MD5:40b4eea05517b4535e005d9f6ebb48fd Diagram (.pdf) of the T-BEAM Mooring A1 set-up in 2015, part 1
T-BEAM Mooring A1 - Diagram (part 2) filename: TBeamA1MooringDiagram_Page2.pdf (Portable Document Format (.pdf), 184.26 KB) MD5:88e7ee21c4b2da06e0f5265a19c9bd8e Diagram (.pdf) of the T-BEAM Mooring A1 set-up in 2015, part 2

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1434722
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1434352
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1434327

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
FK150117	T-Beam	2015-01-17	R/V Falkor	Amy Waterhouse (Chief Scientist) Samuel Kelly (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Richard Brancker Research

Supplied Name: RBRConcerto CTD

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Richard Brancker Research

Acronym: CTD - RBR

Generic Description:

The RBR Conductivity, Temperature and Depth instrument:

http://www.rbr-global.com/products/ct-and-ctd-loggers/rbrconcerto-ctd

CTD Sea-Bird MicroCAT 37

Supplied Name: SBE37

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird MicroCAT 37

Acronym: CTD MicroCAT 37

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

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird MicroCAT CTD unit is a high-accuracy conductivity and temperature recorder based on the Sea-Bird SBE 37 MicroCAT series of products. It can be configured with optional pressure sensor, internal batteries, memory, built-in Inductive Modem, integral Pump, and/or SBE-43 Integrated Dissolved Oxygen sensor. Constructed of titanium and other non-corroding materials for long life with minimal maintenance, the MicroCAT is designed for long duration on moorings.

In a typical mooring, a modem module housed in the buoy communicates with underwater instruments and is interfaced to a computer or data logger via serial port. The computer or data logger is programmed to poll each instrument on the mooring for its data, and send the data to a telemetry transmitter (satellite link, cell phone, RF modem, etc.). The MicroCAT saves data in memory for upload after recovery, providing a data backup if real-time telemetry is interrupted.

Temperature Logger

Supplied Name: RBRSolo T

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Temperature Logger

Generic Description:

Records temperature data over a period of time.

Parameters

None available yet

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