light_levels

Data Object Light - levels

contact PIs:

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

Dataset description

SOIREE Measured surface light levels
Light data were sampled at 5 min intervals during the course of SOIREE.

Plot of Surface Light (PAR) during SOIREE

Acquisition description

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 file Light_Summary.xls Tab: SurfaceLightData
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
- Data plot in original spreadsheet removed

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
Date_Mean	Mean Date	YYMMDD
TIME_Calcs	Time of Day	decimal hours
Date_Time_Mean	Date/Time of Mean Light (NZST)	DD-Mon-YY
Date_Time_High	Date/Time of High Light (NZST)	M/DD/YYYY HH:MM
Date_Time_Low	Date/Time of Low Light (NZST)	M/DD/YYYY HH:MM
Mean_Value	Mean Light Level Value	uM/m^2/sec
High_Value	High Light Level Value	uM/m^2/sec
Low_Value	Low Light Level Value	uM/m^2/sec
SIS_light_levels_Mean_Total	Mean Total SIS Light Level	uM/m^2/sec

Platforms List

R/V Tangaroa 61TG_3052

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2010-03-14 16:02:00

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