Dataset: Two decibar averaged CTD profiles collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from October 1988 through June 2025

ValidatedFinal with updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.3918.11Version 11 (2025-12-15)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Nicholas R. Bates (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

Scientist: Rodney J. Johnson (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

Scientist: Paul J. Lethaby (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

Technician: Eloise Chambers (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

Data Manager: Dominic Smith (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Audrey Mickle (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Program: Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB)

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

Program: Ocean Time-series Sites (Ocean Time-series)

Project: Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS)

Abstract

Data presented here are profiles of primary CTD parameters (pressure, depth, temperature, conductivity, and salinity) plus auxiliary measurements of dissolved oxygen, beam attenuation, relative fluorescence, and photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) at the BATS site 31° 40' N 64° 10'W for October 1988-June 2025. Profiles were collected using a standard Sea-Bird SBE-09 plus CTD during the monthly core BATS cruises and near biweekly BATS bloom cruises during the months of February through April d...

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Spatial Extent: N:35.67 E:-60.45 S:24.76 W:-66.17
Temporal Extent: 1988-10-20 - 2025-06-06
Bermuda Atlantic TimeSeries Study (BATS) station

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Results
McGillicuddy, D. J., Johnson, R., Siegel, D. A., Michaels, A. F., Bates, N. R., & Knap, A. H. (1999). Mesoscale variations of biogeochemical properties in the Sargasso Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 104(C6), 13381–13394. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jc900021
Results
McGillicuddy, D. J., Robinson, A. R., Siegel, D. A., Jannasch, H. W., Johnson, R., Dickey, T. D., McNeil, J., Michaels, A. F., & Knap, A. H. (1998). Influence of mesoscale eddies on new production in the Sargasso Sea. Nature, 394(6690), 263–266. https://doi.org/10.1038/28367
Methods
BATS (2023). Protocols for the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study Core Measurements. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, 142 pp.
Methods
Knap, A.H., Michaels, A.F., Steinberg, D.K., Bahr, F., Bates, N.R., Bell, S., Countway, P., Close, A.R., Doyle, A.P., Dow, R.L., Howse, F.A., Gundersen, K., Johnson, R.J., Kelly, R., Little, R., Orcutt, K., Parsons, R., Rathburn, C., Sanderson, M. and Stone, S. (1997) BATS Methods Manual, Version 4 Woods Hole, MA, US. U.S. JGOFS Planning Office 136pp.
Related Research
Johnson, R.J., Bates, N.R., Lomas, M.W., Stevens, S., Lethaby, P., Anderson, A., Pacheco, F., and Knap, A.H. (2020, February 16-21) Meridional heat and salinity budgets of the Sargasso Sea inferred from two decades of ocean time-series and transect observations. [Poster session]. Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, USA. https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/656848

Johnson, R. J., Bates, N. R., Lethaby, P. J., Smith, D., Chambers, E. (2025). Two decibar averaged CTD profiles collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from October 1988 through June 2025. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 11) Version Date 2025-12-15 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.3918.11 [access date]

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