Dataset: CTD - Discrete Samples

Name: Discrete samples from CTD casts from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from December 2008 (COPAS08 project)
Published: 2010-07-27
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Project:

Coccolithophores of the Patagonian Shelf 2008 (COPAS08)

Principal Investigator:

William M. Balch (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

Contact:

William M. Balch (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version Date:

2010-07-27

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3363/data

Discrete samples from CTD casts from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from December 2008 (COPAS08 project)

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Description

Discrete Samples from CTD Casts

Acquisition Description

The Balch lab was involved in sampling a number of variables from the bottle casts,
running an optical surface underway system and it also coordinated the carboy
experiments and dilution experiments on ocean acidification. We sampled from 76 CTD
stations during the cruise, taking water from 8 of the 12 bottles each cast. Water
samples were taken for particulate organic carbon (POC) and particulate organic
nitrogen (PON), particulate inorganic carbon (CaCO3 or PIC), biogenic silica,
coccolithophore counts (processed using the Canada Balsam technique for enumeration
of calcite particles), chlorophyll a extractions (surface bottles always run in
triplicate), and flow-cam samples (for enumeration of net and nanoplankton).

Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
Generated from original file "copas08 discrete samples.xls" contributed by Bruce Bowler

BCO-DMO Edits
- Parameter names modified to conform to BCO-DMO convention
- date reformatted to YYYYMMDD
- time reformatted to HHMMSS
- data reported to number of decimal places as appropriate
- "-999" no data flag changed to "nd"

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0728582
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	JGS 1166
National Aeronautics & Space Administration	NNX08AJ88A

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
KNOX22RR	COPAS08	2008-12-04	R/V Roger Revelle	William M. Balch (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird 911

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Short Name: CTD SBE 911

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

The Sea-Bird SBE 911 is a type of CTD instrument package. The SBE 911 includes the SBE 9 Underwater Unit and the SBE 11 Deck Unit (for real-time readout using conductive wire) for deployment from a vessel. The combination of the SBE 9 and SBE 11 is called a SBE 911. The SBE 9 uses Sea-Bird's standard modular temperature and conductivity sensors (SBE 3 and SBE 4). The SBE 9 CTD can be configured with auxiliary sensors to measure other parameters including dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, fluorescence, light (PAR), light transmission, etc.). More information from Sea-Bird Electronics.

PI supplied instrument name: CTD Sea-Bird 911

Dataset-specific description

Data was acquired using SeaBird SeaSave for SBE 911 software (v7)

Sample Header File

* Sea-Bird SBE 9 Data File:

* FileName = C:/CTD/balch-12-2008/06101.hex

* Software Version Seasave V 7.18b

* Temperature SN = 4307

* Conductivity SN = 2593

* Number of Bytes Per Scan = 44

* Number of Voltage Words = 5

* Number of Scans Averaged by the Deck Unit = 1

* Append System Time to Every Scan

* System UpLoad Time = Dec 17 2008 12:46:09

* NMEA Latitude = 48 45.00 S

* NMEA Longitude = 059 47.47 W

* NMEA UTC (Time) = Dec 17 2008 12:46:10

* Store Lat/Lon Data = Append to Every Scan

** Station/Cast: 06101

** LAT: 48 45.000S

** LON: 59 47.475W

** Bottom Depth: 466

** Cast Type: DN

** Event No: 200812171246

# units = specified

# bad_flag = -9.990e-29

# sensor 0 = Frequency 0 temperature, primary, 4307, 11-Sep-08

# sensor 1 = Frequency 1 conductivity, primary, 2593, 03-Sep-08 , cpcor = -9.5700e-08

# sensor 2 = Frequency 2 pressure, 0831, 17-Sep-08

# sensor 3 = Frequency 3 temperature, secondary, 2495, 11-Sep-08

# sensor 4 = Frequency 4 conductivity, secondary, 2766, 09-Sep-08 , cpcor = -9.5700e-08

# sensor 5 = Extrnl Volt 0 Fluorometer, Seapoint, primary

# sensor 6 = Extrnl Volt 1 irradiance (PAR), primary, 4644, 11 Feb. 2004

# sensor 7 = Extrnl Volt 2 transmissometer, primary, CST-1115-DR, 01 May 2008

# sensor 8 = Extrnl Volt 4 altimeter

# sensor 9 = Extrnl Volt 6 Oxygen, SBE, primary, 1129, 30-May-08p

# sensor 10 = Extrnl Volt 9 surface irradiance (SPAR), degrees = 0.0

# datcnv_date = Dec 17 2008 23:17:36, 7.18b

# datcnv_in = w:/06101.hex w:/06101.CON

# datcnv_skipover = 4800

# datcnv_ox_hysteresis_correction = yes

# datcnv_ox_tau_correction = yes

# wildedit_date = Dec 17 2008 23:17:41, 7.18b

# wildedit_in = w:/06101.cnv

# wildedit_pass1_nstd = 2.0

# wildedit_pass2_nstd = 10.0

# wildedit_pass2_mindelta = 0.000e+000

# wildedit_npoint = 500

# wildedit_vars = prDM t090C c0mS/cm t190C c1mS/cm sbeox0ML/L sbeox0Mm/Kg sbeox0PS flSP xmiss bat par spar cpar altM

# wildedit_excl_bad_scans = yes

# filter_date = Dec 17 2008 23:17:46, 7.18b

# filter_in = w:/06101.cnv

# filter_low_pass_tc_A = 0.030

# filter_low_pass_tc_B = 0.150

# filter_low_pass_A_vars =

# filter_low_pass_B_vars = prDM

# alignctd_date = Dec 17 2008 23:17:54, 7.18b

# alignctd_in = w:/06101.cnv

# alignctd_adv = sbeox0ML/L 7.000, sbeox0Mm/Kg 7.000, sbeox0PS 7.000

# celltm_date = Dec 17 2008 23:17:59, 7.18b

# celltm_in = w:/06101.cnv

# celltm_alpha = 0.0300, 0.0300

# celltm_tau = 7.0000, 7.0000

# celltm_temp_sensor_use_for_cond = primary, secondary

# loopedit_date = Dec 17 2008 23:18:03, 7.18b

# loopedit_in = w:/06101.cnv

# loopedit_minVelocity = 0.050

# loopedit_surfaceSoak: do not remove

# loopedit_excl_bad_scans = yes

# Derive_date = Dec 17 2008 23:18:10, 7.18b

# Derive_in = w:/06101.cnv w:/06101.CON# file_type = ascii

*END*

This mstar file created from sbe file 06101.cnv at 2008-12-18 11:22:36

condcal = 1.000186 * cond

cond2cal = 1.000098 * cond2

oxygen calibration = 0.058575 + 1.048204 * sbeoxy

Niskin bottle

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Short Name: Niskin bottle

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

A Niskin bottle (a next generation water sampler based on the Nansen bottle) is a cylindrical, non-metallic water collection device with stoppers at both ends. The bottles can be attached individually on a hydrowire or deployed in 12, 24 or 36 bottle Rosette systems mounted on a frame and combined with a CTD. Niskin bottles are used to collect discrete water samples for a range of measurements including pigments, nutrients, plankton, etc.

PI supplied instrument name: Niskin bottle

Dataset-specific description

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
station	COPAS'08 station Id	integer	station
date	date (GMT)	YYYYMMDD	date
time	time (GMT)	HHMMSS	time
lon	Station longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
lat	Station latitude (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
CASTNO	Cast Number	integer	cast
BTLNBR	Bottle Number	integer	bottle
Depth	Sample depth	meters	depth
CTDOXY	CTDOXY	ML/L	O2
FlSP	fluoresence voltage	volts	flvolt
Xmiss	beam transmission	percentage	trans
Bat	beam attenuation	Bat/m	beam_c
Par	PAR	uEinstein/m^2/Sec	PAR
OXYGEN	OXYGEN	ML/L	O2
SILCAT	SILCAT	uMOL/L	Silicate
NITRAT	NITRAT	uMOL/L	NO3
NITRIT	NITRIT	uMOL/L	NO2
PHSPHT	PHSPHT	uMOL/L	PO4
NH4	NH4	uMOL/L	NH4
Chl_a	Chl_a	ug/L	chl_a
Phaeo	Phaeo	ug/L	phaeo
Chl_a_plus_Phaeo	Chl_a + Phaeo	ug/L	Chl_a_plus_Phaeo
Bsi	Bsi	nmol/L	Si_bio
POC	POC	ug/L	POC
PON	PON	ug/L	PON
PIC	PIC	ug/L	PIC
Quads	the number of whole birefringent plates from coccolithophorids observed with optical microscopy	Quads/ml	unknown
cells_plus_aggregates	the number of birefringent plated cells and aggregates observed with optical microscopy	cells_plus_aggregates/ml	unknown

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