ctd_BC

Data Object CTD_BC_PS

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Ken O. Buesseler	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

SeaBird SeaCat SBE-19 CTD profiler data from bottle casts (BC)

Acquisition description

data were collected with SeaBird SeaCat SBE-19 CTD profiler (V3.0c SN 1394) with Seapoint Fluorescence sensor

Processing description

Change history: YYMMDD
    060206: original raw data downloaded from SOFeX project Web site
    070423: data reprocessed by Terry McKee (PO Dept., WHOI)
    070501: added to OCB database by Cyndy Chandler, OCB DMO, (cchandler@whoi.edu) 
            CTD event, date, time, lon and lat agree with cruise event log; 
 
 OCB DMO Notes:  detailed data processing notes

    Warning: some pressure bins have no data (only 'nd')

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
event	unique sampling event composite of day, month, year and time (GMT)	DDMMYY_hhmm
date	start date of event (GMT)	YYYYMMDD
time	start time of event (GMT)	hhmm
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
station	station name	dimensionless
Pmax	maximum pressure of cast	decibars
yrDay	decimal day of year for observation	decimal day of year
time_elaps	elapsed time since beginning of cast	seconds
press	pressure, from CTD	decibars
depth	depth, from CTD	meters
temp	temperature, from CTD, ITS-90	degrees Celsius
sal	salinity, from CTD, PSS-78 (PSU)	dimensionless
potemp	potential temperature, ITS-90	degrees Celsius
sigma-t	sigma-T (density)	kilograms/meter^3
sigma_0	sigma theta (potential density)	kilograms/meter^3
fluor	fluorescence, Seapoint (uncalibrated)	volts
cond	conductivity, from CTD	Siemens/meter

Platforms List

USCGC Polar Star PS02_2002

Instruments List

CTD Seabird 19:
SeaBird SeaCat SBE-19 CTD profiler (V3.0c SN 1394) with Seapoint Fluorescence sensor

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 09:21:13

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/SOFeX/Polar_Star/ctd_BC.