Dataset: mixed_layer

Name: Mixed Layer Depths, Ross Sea and APFZ from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer and R/V Roger Revelle cruises in the Southern Ocean, 1997-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)
Published: 2002-05-07
Keywords: oceans

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Project:

U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)

Program:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Principal Investigator:

John M. Morrison (North Carolina State University - Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU MEAS)

Walker O. Smith (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VIMS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

final

Version Date:

2002-05-07

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Mixed Layer Depths, Ross Sea and APFZ from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer and R/V Roger Revelle cruises in the Southern Ocean, 1997-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)

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Description

Mixed Layer Depths, Ross Sea and APFZ

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Funding Sources

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Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
KIWI6	RR6	1997-10-20	R/V Roger Revelle	Timothy Cowles (Chief Scientist)	data info
KIWI7	RR7	1997-12-02	R/V Roger Revelle	Richard Barber (Chief Scientist)	data info
KIWI8	RR8	1998-01-08	R/V Roger Revelle	Kenneth H. Coale (Chief Scientist)	data info
KIWI9	RR9	1998-02-13	R/V Roger Revelle	Wilford D. Gardner (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-96-04A	NBP9604A NBP96_4A	1996-10-02	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Walker O. Smith (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-97-01	NBP9701 NBP97_1	1997-01-13	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	John F. Marra (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-97-03	NBP9703 NBP97_3	1997-04-04	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Hugh W. Ducklow (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-97-08	NBP9708 NBP97_8	1997-11-05	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Walker O. Smith (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/130/

Generic Description:

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) sensor package from SeaBird Electronics, no specific unit identified. This instrument designation is used when specific make and model are not known. See also other SeaBird instruments listed under CTD. More information from Sea-Bird Electronics.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	event number, from event log		event
sta	station number, from event log		sta
cast	cast number		cast
date	date as YYYYMMDD		date
yrday	day of year where Jan 1 = day 1		yrday
lat_begin	starting latitude of cast, negative = south	decimal degrees	lat_begin
lon_begin	starting longitude of cast, negative = west	decimal degrees	lon_begin
MLD_0d01_d	mixed layer depth as defined by a change in sigma-t of 0.01 from the surface value	meters	no_bcodmo_term
MLD_0d02_d	mixed layer depth as defined by a change in sigma-t of 0.02 from the surface value	meters	no_bcodmo_term
MLD_0d05_d	mixed layer depth as defined by a change in sigma-t of 0.05 from the surface value	meters	no_bcodmo_term
depth_light_1	depth of 1% light level penetration	meters	no_bcodmo_term
depth_light_0d1	depth of 0.1% light level penetration	meters	no_bcodmo_term
time	time of day	decimal hours	no_bcodmo_term
lat_n	nominal latitude (- = south, + = north)	decimal degrees	lat_n
lon_n	nominal longitude (- = west, + = east)	decimal degrees	lon_n
MLD_0d01_dp	mixed layer pressure delta potential density from surface = .01	decibars	no_bcodmo_term
MLD_0d02_dp	mixed layer pressure delta potential density from surface = .02	decibars	no_bcodmo_term
MLD_0d05_dp	mixed layer pressure delta potential density from surface = .05	decibars	no_bcodmo_term
CTD_top_db	pressure of first reported CTD observation	decibars	no_bcodmo_term
CTD_top_m	depth of first reported CTD observation	meters	no_bcodmo_term

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