Dataset: Light - levels

Name: Surface light levels from the R/V Tangaroa 61TG_3052 cruise in the Southern Ocean during 1999 (SOIREE project)
Published: 2008-08-22
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

Southern Ocean Iron Release Experiment (SOIREE)

Program:

Iron Synthesis (FeSynth)

Principal Investigator:

Mr Mark Gall (New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Philip W. Boyd (New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA)

Contact:

Doug Mackie (University of Otago)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Version:

22August2008

Version Date:

2008-08-22

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Surface light levels from the R/V Tangaroa 61TG_3052 cruise in the Southern Ocean during 1999 (SOIREE project)

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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

Methods & Sampling

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)".

Data Processing Description

See SOIREE Preliminary Voyage Report

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

Data Files

File
light_levels.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 397.57 KB) MD5:5eb8d35a04ce051092bcc28f0e54db3b Primary data file for dataset ID 2882

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

None available yet

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
61TG_3052	SOIREE	1999-01-31	R/V Tangaroa	Philip W. Boyd (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

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

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Dataset: Light - levels