light_BeamvsLA

Data Object Light - Beam vs LA

contact PIs:

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

Dataset description

SOIREE Beam attenuation vs CTD light attenuation
Light attenuation values and regression with beam attenuation.

Acquisition description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

Processing description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
Generated from original file Light_Summary.xls Tab: BeamvsLightAtten
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

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
StationId	Cruise Station Id and CTD Cast #	text
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
date_UTC	UTC Date	YYYYMMDD
time_UTC	UTC time	HHMM
Patch	Patch Location (In/Out)	text
c	Beam Attenuation Coefficient	(TBD)
CTD_Ko	Light Attenuation Coefficient calculated from CTD light data	(TBD)
Calc_Ko	Calculated KO from regression equation	(TBD)

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. 2010-02-09 14:40:13

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