ctd_transect

Data Object CTD_transect_PS

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Ken O. Buesseler	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

CTD profile data from Polar Star Transect 1

Acquisition description

Methodology: data were collected with SeaBird SeaCat SBE-19 CTD profiler with Seapoint Fluorescence sensor, however no fluorescence data were recorded

Processing description

 Change history: YYMMDD
    060206: original raw data downloaded from SOFeX project Web site
    070430: data reprocessed by Terry McKee (PO Dept, WHOI)
    070501: added to OCB database by Cyndy Chandler, OCB DMO, (cchandler@whoi.edu)
  
 OCB DMO Notes:  detailed data processing notes

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
event	unique sampling event composite of day, month, year and time (GMT)	DDMMYY_hhmm
date	date sampling began (GMT)	YYYYMMDD
time	time sampling began (GMT)	hhmm
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
sta	station identifier	dimensionless
station	station location name	alpha_numeric
Pmax	pressure; maximum in profile	decibars
yrDay	decimal day of year	decimal day of year
time_elaps	elapsed time since beginning of cast	seconds
press	pressure; from CTD Strain Gauge	decibars
depth	depth; calculated from CTD pressure	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
cond	conductivity from CTD	Siemens/meter

Platforms List

USCGC Polar Star PS02_2002

Instruments List

CTD Seabird 19:
SeaBird SeaCat SBE-19 CTD profiler with Seapoint Fluorescence sensor, however no fluorescence data were recorded

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 09:10:54

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