chl_concentrat

Data Object Chl - Concentrations

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Philip W. Boyd	Co-Principal Investigator
Mr Mark Gall	Principal Investigator
Dr Doug Mackie	Contact

Dataset description

SOIREE Chlorophyll concentrations at sampled depths

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

Processing description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

For more information refer to Gall et al (2001)
"Phytoplankton processes (Part 1): Community structure 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_UTC, time_UTC, lat, lon added from SOIREE_Stations_CTDSampling.xls
- added 'nd' to blank cells
- Data plot in original spreadsheet removed
- CTD Summaries data at beginning of original sheet moved to separate spreadsheet
- '/' in StationId replaced with '_'
- Data sorted by StationId

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
StationID	Cruise Station Id and CTD Cast #	text
Date_Start	Start Date of Cast (local time)	YYYYMMDD
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
Time_Start	Start Time of Cast (local time)	HHMM
date_UTC	UTC Date	YYYYMMDD
time_UTC	UTC time	HHMM
Patch	Patch Location (In/Out)	text
depth	Collection Depth	meters
station	Cruise Station Id	text
Cast_No	CTD Cast #	integer
Cast	Cast Up/Down (U/D)	text
Date_Time_Start	Start Date and Time of Cast (local time)	DD-MM-YY HH:MM
Chlorophyll_Concentration	Chlorophyll Concentration at Depth	mg/m^3

Platforms List

R/V Tangaroa 61TG_3052

Instruments List

CTD Seabird 911:
NIWA's Seabird 911plus CTD and related instrumentation

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2010-03-16 13:37:36

info app: /home/bco/dbase-v2 v.100108 CLC
Data URL: http://data.bco-dmo.org/jg/serv/BCO/Fe_Synthesis/SOIREE/61TG_3052/chl_concentrat.