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        <gco:CharacterString>CTD cast temperature, salinity, oxygen, etc from OC454-02 Dataset Description: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;11 CTD casts were done during the cruise to identify the depth of the brine layer and collect water samples using the Niskin bottles.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Casts were distributed between two brine basins, and the Comment field in the data indicates whether a CTD cast was in the vicinity of the Discovery or Urania brine basin.  The cast comments recorded prior to acquisition are: &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 3: intending to sample the interface. 3590 as published in Waller, and which coincides with our CTD data. Salinometer readings are more or less same as seawater, but this is misleading because the Na conc in the brine is 68 (VanderWielen), which is the reading that Kostas got with the salinometer for water we believe is brine (soapy, low or undetectable oxygen).  Using the Fornari camera here.  &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 5: the coordinates for this site were different from Yakimov. We are at 35 13.51N and 21 28.24E&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 6: GOING TO INT.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 7: Second CTD cast to interface. This time need to go a little deeper&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 8: last sample was too deep so now targeting&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 9: to interface&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
cast 11: joan's multicore 1 site &amp;amp;quot;on bottom&amp;amp;quot; coords&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; Methods and Sampling: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;11 CTD casts were done during the cruise. Data were recovered from the WHOI Data Library and Archives.  CTD profile data were recovered from the Seabird *.cnv files processed during the cruise.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;No information was contributed as to any quality assurance done during the cruise.  CTD profile data files from 11 casts were processed during the cruise using the Seabird software utilities.  All casts (except for 9) were pressure binned (binavg_* routines).  The cast 9 data file processing stopped after the loopedit step; no binavg done.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Seabird CTD header from cast 11 .cnv file:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;
* Sea-Bird SBE 9 Data File:
* FileName = C:dataoc454-20011.hdr
* Software Version Seasave V 7.18d
* Temperature SN = 4303
* Conductivity SN = 2707
* Number of Bytes Per Scan = 40
* Number of Voltage Words = 5
* Number of Scans Averaged by the Deck Unit = 1
* System UpLoad Time = Aug 03 2009 22:29:34
* NMEA Latitude = 35 20.14 N
* NMEA Longitude = 021 40.17 E
* NMEA UTC (Time) = Aug 03 2009  22:29:33
* Store Lat/Lon Data = Append to Every Scan
** this is joan's multicore 1 site &amp;amp;quot;on bottom&amp;amp;quot; coords
# nquan = 22
# nvalues = 3917                        
# units = specified
# name 0 = prDM: Pressure, Digiquartz [db]
# name 1 = t090C: Temperature [ITS-90, deg C]
# name 2 = t190C: Temperature, 2 [ITS-90, deg C]
# name 3 = sal00: Salinity [PSU]
# name 4 = sal11: Salinity, 2 [PSU]
# name 5 = c0S/m: Conductivity [S/m]
# name 6 = c1S/m: Conductivity, 2 [S/m]
# name 7 = sbeox0V: Oxygen Voltage, SBE 43
# name 8 = sbeox0ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [ml/l]
# name 9 = xmiss: Beam Transmission, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar [%]
# name 10 = density00: Density [density, Kg/m^3]
# name 11 = flECO-AFL: Fluorescence, Wetlab ECO-AFL/FL [mg/m^3]
# name 12 = upoly0: Upoly 0, WetLabs Turbidity
# name 13 = altM: Altimeter [m]
# name 14 = sbeox1V: Oxygen Voltage, SBE 43, 2
# name 15 = sbeox1ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43, 2 [ml/l]
# name 16 = sbeox0ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [ml/l], WS = 2
# name 17 = sal00: Salinity [PSU]
# name 18 = sbeox1ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43, 2 [ml/l], WS = 2
# name 19 = sal11: Salinity, 2 [PSU]
# name 20 = depSM: Depth [salt water, m], lat = 35.3357
# name 21 = flag: flag
# span 0 =      2.000,   3638.000       
# span 1 =    13.8108,    27.0088       
# span 2 =    13.8108,    27.0112       
# span 3 =    38.7345,    97.3056       
# span 4 =    38.7987,    97.2901       
# span 5 =   4.640047,  11.543013       
# span 6 =   4.645992,  11.574247       
# span 7 =     0.5036,     3.3284       
# span 8 =  -23.97469,    5.90225       
# span 9 =    -3.8414,    98.8069       
# span 10 =  1025.7462,  1089.5758      
# span 11 =    -0.0330,     1.0039      
# span 12 =  0.0494042,  2.0979324      
# span 13 =       5.97,      99.63      
# span 14 =     0.5409,     3.0223      
# span 15 =  -41.88372,    5.70259      
# span 16 =  -58.50867,    5.88089      
# span 17 =    38.7345,    97.3128      
# span 18 =  -46.32159,    5.69958      
# span 19 =    38.7987,    97.2938      
# span 20 =      1.985,   3580.853      
# span 21 = 0.0000e+00, 0.0000e+00      
# interval = decibars: 1                
# start_time = Aug 03 2009 22:29:34
# bad_flag = -9.990e-29
# sensor 0 = Frequency  0  temperature, primary, 4303, 2008-09-25
# sensor 1 = Frequency  1  conductivity, primary, 2707, 2008-09-24, cpcor = -9.5700e-08
# sensor 2 = Frequency  2  pressure, 69685, 12/18/2002
# sensor 3 = Frequency  3  temperature, secondary, 4312, 2008-09-23
# sensor 4 = Frequency  4  conductivity, secondary, 2768, 2008-09-25, cpcor = -9.5700e-08
# sensor 5 = Extrnl Volt  0  WET Labs, ECO_AFL
# sensor 6 = Extrnl Volt  1  userpoly 0, FLNTURTD-1013, 2008-04-18
# sensor 7 = Extrnl Volt  2  transmissometer, primary, CST-1117DR, 2008-04-30
# sensor 8 = Extrnl Volt  4  altimeter
# sensor 9 = Extrnl Volt  5  Oxygen, SBE, primary, 0794, 2009-03-13
# sensor 10 = Extrnl Volt  6  userpoly 1, Flashbird-5
# sensor 11 = Extrnl Volt  7  Oxygen, SBE, secondary, 0072, 2009-05-13
# sensor 12 = Extrnl Volt  9  surface irradiance (SPAR), degrees = 0.0
# datcnv_date = Aug 04 2009 00:03:54, 7.15
# datcnv_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.hex c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.CON
# datcnv_skipover = 0
# wildedit_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:07, 7.15
# wildedit_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# wildedit_pass1_nstd = 2.0
# wildedit_pass2_nstd = 20.0
# wildedit_pass2_mindelta = 1.000e+000
# wildedit_npoint = 100
# wildedit_vars = prDM t090C t190C sal00 sal11 c0S/m c1S/m sbeox0V sbeox0ML/L xmiss density00 flECO-AFL upoly0 altM sbeox1V sbeox1ML/L
# wildedit_excl_bad_scans = yes
# filter_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:23, 7.15
# filter_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# filter_low_pass_tc_A = 0.030
# filter_low_pass_tc_B = 0.100
# filter_low_pass_A_vars = sal00 sal11 c0S/m c1S/m sbeox0V sbeox0ML/L xmiss density00 flECO-AFL upoly0 sbeox1V sbeox1ML/L
# filter_low_pass_B_vars = prDM
# alignctd_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:53, 7.15
# alignctd_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# alignctd_adv = sbeox0V 4.000, sbeox0ML/L 4.000                                                                                                                                                                                     
# celltm_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:09, 7.15
# celltm_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# celltm_alpha = 0.0300, 0.0300
# celltm_tau = 7.0000, 7.0000
# celltm_temp_sensor_use_for_cond = primary, secondary
# loopedit_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:25, 7.15
# loopedit_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# loopedit_minVelocity = 0.100                                                                                            
# loopedit_surfaceSoak: do not remove                                                                                     
# loopedit_excl_bad_scans = yes
# Derive_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:47, 7.15
# Derive_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.CON
# derive_time_window_docdt = seconds: 2
# binavg_date = Aug 04 2009 00:06:08, 7.15
# binavg_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# binavg_bintype = decibars
# binavg_binsize = 1
# binavg_excl_bad_scans = yes
# binavg_skipover = 0
# binavg_surface_bin = no, min = 0.000, max = 0.000, value = 0.000
# file_type = ascii
*END*
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* Sea-Bird SBE 9 Data File:
* FileName = C:dataoc454-20011.hdr
* Software Version Seasave V 7.18d
* Temperature SN = 4303
* Conductivity SN = 2707
* Number of Bytes Per Scan = 40
* Number of Voltage Words = 5
* Number of Scans Averaged by the Deck Unit = 1
* System UpLoad Time = Aug 03 2009 22:29:34
* NMEA Latitude = 35 20.14 N
* NMEA Longitude = 021 40.17 E
* NMEA UTC (Time) = Aug 03 2009  22:29:33
* Store Lat/Lon Data = Append to Every Scan
** this is joan's multicore 1 site &amp;amp;quot;on bottom&amp;amp;quot; coords
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# nvalues = 3917                        
# units = specified
# name 0 = prDM: Pressure, Digiquartz [db]
# name 1 = t090C: Temperature [ITS-90, deg C]
# name 2 = t190C: Temperature, 2 [ITS-90, deg C]
# name 3 = sal00: Salinity [PSU]
# name 4 = sal11: Salinity, 2 [PSU]
# name 5 = c0S/m: Conductivity [S/m]
# name 6 = c1S/m: Conductivity, 2 [S/m]
# name 7 = sbeox0V: Oxygen Voltage, SBE 43
# name 8 = sbeox0ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [ml/l]
# name 9 = xmiss: Beam Transmission, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar [%]
# name 10 = density00: Density [density, Kg/m^3]
# name 11 = flECO-AFL: Fluorescence, Wetlab ECO-AFL/FL [mg/m^3]
# name 12 = upoly0: Upoly 0, WetLabs Turbidity
# name 13 = altM: Altimeter [m]
# name 14 = sbeox1V: Oxygen Voltage, SBE 43, 2
# name 15 = sbeox1ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43, 2 [ml/l]
# name 16 = sbeox0ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43 [ml/l], WS = 2
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# name 18 = sbeox1ML/L: Oxygen, SBE 43, 2 [ml/l], WS = 2
# name 19 = sal11: Salinity, 2 [PSU]
# name 20 = depSM: Depth [salt water, m], lat = 35.3357
# name 21 = flag: flag
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# span 1 =    13.8108,    27.0088       
# span 2 =    13.8108,    27.0112       
# span 3 =    38.7345,    97.3056       
# span 4 =    38.7987,    97.2901       
# span 5 =   4.640047,  11.543013       
# span 6 =   4.645992,  11.574247       
# span 7 =     0.5036,     3.3284       
# span 8 =  -23.97469,    5.90225       
# span 9 =    -3.8414,    98.8069       
# span 10 =  1025.7462,  1089.5758      
# span 11 =    -0.0330,     1.0039      
# span 12 =  0.0494042,  2.0979324      
# span 13 =       5.97,      99.63      
# span 14 =     0.5409,     3.0223      
# span 15 =  -41.88372,    5.70259      
# span 16 =  -58.50867,    5.88089      
# span 17 =    38.7345,    97.3128      
# span 18 =  -46.32159,    5.69958      
# span 19 =    38.7987,    97.2938      
# span 20 =      1.985,   3580.853      
# span 21 = 0.0000e+00, 0.0000e+00      
# interval = decibars: 1                
# start_time = Aug 03 2009 22:29:34
# bad_flag = -9.990e-29
# sensor 0 = Frequency  0  temperature, primary, 4303, 2008-09-25
# sensor 1 = Frequency  1  conductivity, primary, 2707, 2008-09-24, cpcor = -9.5700e-08
# sensor 2 = Frequency  2  pressure, 69685, 12/18/2002
# sensor 3 = Frequency  3  temperature, secondary, 4312, 2008-09-23
# sensor 4 = Frequency  4  conductivity, secondary, 2768, 2008-09-25, cpcor = -9.5700e-08
# sensor 5 = Extrnl Volt  0  WET Labs, ECO_AFL
# sensor 6 = Extrnl Volt  1  userpoly 0, FLNTURTD-1013, 2008-04-18
# sensor 7 = Extrnl Volt  2  transmissometer, primary, CST-1117DR, 2008-04-30
# sensor 8 = Extrnl Volt  4  altimeter
# sensor 9 = Extrnl Volt  5  Oxygen, SBE, primary, 0794, 2009-03-13
# sensor 10 = Extrnl Volt  6  userpoly 1, Flashbird-5
# sensor 11 = Extrnl Volt  7  Oxygen, SBE, secondary, 0072, 2009-05-13
# sensor 12 = Extrnl Volt  9  surface irradiance (SPAR), degrees = 0.0
# datcnv_date = Aug 04 2009 00:03:54, 7.15
# datcnv_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.hex c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.CON
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# wildedit_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:07, 7.15
# wildedit_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# wildedit_pass1_nstd = 2.0
# wildedit_pass2_nstd = 20.0
# wildedit_pass2_mindelta = 1.000e+000
# wildedit_npoint = 100
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# wildedit_excl_bad_scans = yes
# filter_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:23, 7.15
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# filter_low_pass_tc_A = 0.030
# filter_low_pass_tc_B = 0.100
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# filter_low_pass_B_vars = prDM
# alignctd_date = Aug 04 2009 00:04:53, 7.15
# alignctd_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# alignctd_adv = sbeox0V 4.000, sbeox0ML/L 4.000                                                                                                                                                                                     
# celltm_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:09, 7.15
# celltm_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# celltm_alpha = 0.0300, 0.0300
# celltm_tau = 7.0000, 7.0000
# celltm_temp_sensor_use_for_cond = primary, secondary
# loopedit_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:25, 7.15
# loopedit_in = c:ctd_processingoc454-20011.cnv
# loopedit_minVelocity = 0.100                                                                                            
# loopedit_surfaceSoak: do not remove                                                                                     
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# Derive_date = Aug 04 2009 00:05:47, 7.15
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