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Data Object CTD - Summary
contact PIs:
name        title
Dr Philip W. Boyd         Co-Principal Investigator
Mr Mark Gall         Principal Investigator
Dr Doug Mackie         Contact

Dataset description

SOIREE Summary of CTD profiles
These data were compiled to enable a comparison of the
extracted chlorophyll data with traces of fluorescence
and transmittance from the CTD profiles.

Acquisition description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

For more information refer to Gall et al (2001)
"Phytoplankton processes (Part 2): Rates of primary
production and factors controlling algal growth during the
Southern Ocean Iron RElease Experiment (SOIREE)".

Processing description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

For more information refer to Gall et al (2001)
"Phytoplankton processes (Part 2): Rates of primary
production and factors controlling algal growth during the
Southern Ocean Iron RElease Experiment (SOIREE)".

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
Generated from original CTD_Summary.xls file provided on the
Deep-Sea Research II 48 (2001) accompanying CD-Rom

BCO-DMO Edits
- parameter names modified to conform to BCO-DMO convention
- date reformatted to YYYYMMDD
- time reformatted to HHMM
- added 'nd' to blank cells
- Chlorophyll concentrations data at end of original sheet moved to separate spreadsheet
- Data plots in original spreadsheet removed

Field Names List

ParameterDescriptionUnits
stationCruise Station Idtext
Date_StartStart Date of Cast (GMT) YYYYMMDD
lonlongitude, negative denotes Westdecimal degrees
latlatitude, negative denotes Southdecimal degrees
Time_StartStart Time of Cast (GMT) HHMM
CastCast direction
U - up
D - down.
The down cast is the more accurate as the
sensors are on the bottom of the CTD		text
tempCTD Temperature (ITS-90) degrees celsius
salCTD Salinity (PSS-78) dimensionless
Date_EndEnd Date of Cast (GMT)YYYYMMDD
depthCTD depth (derived parameter)meters
TRANSTransmission percentage
PARPARvolts
flourFlourescence volts
StationIDCruise Station Id and CTD Cast #text
Cast_NoCTD Cast #integer
PatchPatch Location (In/Out)text
Date_Time_StartStart Date and Time of Cast (GMT)DD-MM-YY HH:MM
LN_PARLN_PAR volts

Platforms List

R/V Tangaroa 61TG_3052

Instruments List

  1. CTD Seabird 911:

    NIWA's Seabird 911plus CTD and related instrumentation

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database.    2010-03-15  19:35:32

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