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Underway temperature, salinity, density, fluorometry, PAR, oxygen, etc. from R/V Falkor cruise FK003 in the North Atlantic high latitudes in July 2012
2013-04-26
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3927
Cabell S. Davis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
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508-289-2009
WHOI MS#36
Woods Hole
MA
02543
USA
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Cite this dataset as: Davis, C. S. (2013) Underway temperature, salinity, density, fluorometry, PAR, oxygen, etc. from R/V Falkor cruise FK003 in the North Atlantic high latitudes in July 2012. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Version Date 2013-04-26 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3927 [access date]
Underway temperature, salinity, density, fluorometry, PAR, oxygen, etc. Dataset Description: <p>Underway temperature, salinity, density, fluorometry, PAR, oxygen, roll, pitch, altitude, distance, date, position, depth, water depth and turbidity measurements collected during the VPR survey by Scientific Computer System (SCS) software developed at NOAA for the NOAA fleet and the instrumentation on the VPR instrument. SCS data are generally only collected while the ship is underway. A variety of sensors can be connected to the system. Please see the list of instruments for specific information.</p> Methods and Sampling: <p>The SCS data files logging the raw data are set to break once a day at GMT midnight to make acquisition, plotting, processing and transfer easier.</p>
<p>The following information is quoted from SOI's &quot;Guide to SCS Data Sensors and Formats SCS v 4.6.0&quot;, by MT Colleen Peters, 2013. There is additional information available in this document that may be relevant to users of these data.</p>
<div>The <span>CNAV (a<span> dynamic Digital Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) </span>pre<span>cise point positioning systemby C &amp; C Technologies)</span>&nbsp;is the primary scientific navigation positioning system, with capabilities of a decimeter or better.&nbsp;The CNAV provides the Seapath320 with RTCM messages to give improved accuracy. The Seapath 320 position and attitude data are utilized by the multibeam sonars. The CNAV display is located in the rack room.&nbsp;The antenna is located on the starboard side of upper main mast.
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<div><b>Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 320: </b>The Seapath Motion Reference Unit (MRU) is located in a cubby on the starboard side of the passageway between the mess and the forward stairs on the 2<sup>nd</sup> deck (just before the watertight door).&nbsp;The antennas are on the port and starboard side of the main mast.&nbsp;The deck unit and Human Interface are in 322 rack 1.&nbsp;Seapath provides position and attitude data to all of the sonar systems. It<span> is also connected to the CTD computer for use with the XBT and CTD.&nbsp;The position and attitude data are also distributed to other systems via an overland splitter.</span></div>
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<div><b>Raytheon Anschuetz STD 22 Gyrocompass</b>: The gyrocompass feed goes both to the bridge and to NMEA splitters. The data is then broadcast via a network patch panel. The gyro data is also fed into the multibeam systems.</div>
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<div><b>Vaisala WXT520:&nbsp;</b>The <span>weather data comes from a sensor mounted on the upper level of the main mast.&nbsp;The Vaisala WXT520 collects wind direction and speed as well as air temperature, relative humidity and pressure.&nbsp;The sensor is directly connected to the bridge Helideck Monitoring System (HMS).&nbsp;The data are then output from the HMS 100 to the network and brought into SCS. </span></div>
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<div><b>Lambrecht QUATRO IND-H&rsquo;:</b> The second sensor, the Lambrecht QUATRO IND-H&rsquo; measures wind speed and direction, as well as pressure, air temperature and relative humidity. The met data is only connected to the bridge display on the navigation station. The wind data are then output to the bridge&rsquo;s Raytheon navigation system and sent through the network in the <b>BridgeData</b> string. This sensor is for navigation only, and does not get calibrated.</div>
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<div><b>Biospherical Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Sensor : </b>A PAR sensor with a <u>spherical receiver</u> that is equally sensitive to photons from all direction measures&nbsp;Quantum Scalar Irradiance (QSI). An alternative term for this quantity is &quot;Photosynthetic Photon Flux Fluence Rate&quot; (PPFFR). QSI or PPFFR are defined as the integral photon flux of photons in the 400&ndash;700 nm wavelength interval&nbsp;at a point in space from all directions around the point.</div>
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<div><b><i>S</i></b><b><i>cientific <span>Seawater System</span></i></b><b>:&nbsp;</b>Th<span>is system was designed to run a continuous flow of seawater through several instruments to measure the properties of the surface water. The intake for this system in is the bow, and the equipment (pump, plumbing and external temperature probe) are all located forward of the bow-thruster room. </span></div>
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<div>Gener<span>ally, all sensors are turned on as soon as the ship is in clear water when leaving port and run for the duration of the cruise. Running the system in an environment prone to chemicals from ships and land facilities can damage the sensitive sensors. Sometimes, when the ship is in rough weather, the seawater system may catch an air bubble, which can disrupt the data, or require the system to be shut down temporarily. These occasions can be easy to identify by plotting the two temperature measurements&mdash;if the TSG temperature is high (like 5&deg;C difference) then there is likely no flow in the system, which allows the TSG temperature to increase to room temperature, while the remote probe will stay at ocean temperature. This will vary with the local ocean temperatures.</span></div>
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<div><b><i>SB</i></b><b><i>E<span> 38 Remote Temperature Probe</span></i></b>:&nbsp;The <span>&lsquo;external&rsquo; or remote probe, SBE 38 measures temperature as close to the system&rsquo;s intake as possible. When we send &lsquo;sea surface temperature&rsquo; data, we primarily use this sensor. This temperature is used to calculate sound velocity with the TSG.</span></div>
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<div><b><i>SB</i></b><b><i>E<span> 45 Micro Thermosalinograph </span></i></b><i>(T<span>SG): </span></i>The T<span>SG measures temperature and conductivity. With these two measurements, it calculates salinity. With the salinity from the TSG, and the temperature from the remote probe, it calculates sound velocity.&nbsp;Using the remote probe makes sound velocity calculations more accurate because the temperature at the TSG can be affected slightly as it travels through the ship to the wet lab.</span></div>
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<div><b>Valeport MiniSVS Sound Velocity Probe: </b>The Sound Velocity Probe (SVP) is accessed in the forward deck store, by the aft bulkhead behind the workbench.&nbsp;It sits in a pipe welded to the ship&rsquo;s structure.&nbsp;Strapped into a weighted jacket, it is lowered with a cable (not the data cable) and the probe face sticks out past the hull to measure sound velocity close to the transducers. The probe can then be pulled out of the tube for inspection and cleaning, even while the ship is underway.&nbsp;This sensor is calibrated annually.</div>
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<div><b>Seabird 9/11 plus </b><b>C</b><b>onductivity Tem<span>perature and Depth (CTD):&nbsp;</span></b>CT<span>Ds are standard oceanographic systems on most ocean-going research vessels. This system provides a profile of the water column, measuring the chemical and physical properties of the water.</span></div>
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<div>The CTD data is logged using the Seabird Seasave software, and also logged in SCS as a backup. It is helpful to view the CTD depth on a real time plot with winch wire out. It is also useful for comparing sea-surface temperature between the SBE 38and SBE 9plus. The CTD is a 6800m rated sensor with dual temperature and conductivity sensors. It can accommodate up to 8 auxiliary sensors. We currently have 2 SBE 43 dissolved oxygen, a WetLabs ECO FLNTU fluorometer/turbidity sensor and a C-Star Transmissometer. Due to the nature of CTD casts, the auxiliary instruments can change frequently within a cruise or between cruises, so the data are not accommodated in SCS. It would require frequent reprogramming, which would interrupt the bulk of the data being logged on SCS. The primary sensors are therefore the only ones logged by SCS. These include pressure, depth, conductivity, temperature, salinity and sound velocity.</div>
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<div>The CTD frame and SBE 32 carousel can accommodate up to 24 12L OTE Niskin water sampling bottles.</div>
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<div><b>Kongsberg Maritime Skipper DL850 Dual Axis Doppl<span>er Speed Log: </span></b>Prov<span>ides forward/aft (+/-) and port/starboard (+/-) ship speed measurements, both over ground and through water.&nbsp;The speed range is from 0-40 knots on both axis. The echo sounder has a max range of 100m. </span></div>
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<div><b><u>Scientific Echo sounders</u></b></div>
<div>All of the following echo sounders are from Kongsberg Maritime. In normal mapping operations, the data from each of the sounders are recorded on the local acquisition machines in the Kongsberg file formats for more in-depth processing. They are recorded on SCS for use with displays, quality assurance and data transfers to the SOI website Falkor Status page. If you want to process any of these data for acoustic surveys, you will need the files in the native formats.</div>
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<div><b>EM302 Deep water multibeam sonar: </b>The EM302 is used for seafloor bathymetry, seafloor backscatter and water column backscatter. This sonar&rsquo;s optimal depth is 1000-6000m, but it can log data from 10-8000m.</div>
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<div><b>EM710 Shallow water multibeam sonar: </b>The EM710 is used for seafloor bathymetry, seafloor backscatter and water column backscatter. This sonar has higher resolution in more shallow depths, and its operating range is up to 2000m, but it tends to stop collecting useful data by 1500m.</div>
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<div><b>EK60 Split-beam fisheries sonar: </b>The EK60 sonar is generally used for studying the plankton or fish in the water column. There are the following frequencies: 12kHz, 38kHz, 70kHz, 120kHz, 200kHz and 710kHz.</div>
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<div><b>EA600 Single-beam hydrographic sonar: </b>The EA600 is not frequently used for logging data. It&rsquo;s primary function is to find the bottom quickly before an ROV dive or CTD cast or to compare to another sonar. There are the following frequencies: 12kHz, 38kHz, 120kHz and 200kHz. The 12kHz EA600 is one of two transducers that will collect data to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, roughly 11,000m in depth.</div>
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Cabell S. Davis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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RAPID: High-resolution sampling of plankton taxa, marine snow, and environmental variables across the north Atlantic subpolar gyre
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RAPID: High-resolution sampling of plankton taxa, marine snow, and environmental variables across the north Atlantic subpolar gyre
<p>This project used the opportunity of a ship crossing the North Atlantic at high latitude to conduct a high-resolution sampling transect of mesozooplankton, marine "snow" (biogenic aggregates), and environmental variables from the northwestern UK shelf to southern Greenland via a route south of Iceland, thence south across the Labrador Sea and the Grand Banks to the slope water south of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sampling was done with the fast-tow Video Plankton Recorder II (VPRII). The VPR enables non-destructive sampling of fragile plankton in situ, and through rapid towyo deployments (continuous raising and lowering while under way), it provides high vertical (top 150 m) and horizontal (1km towyo spacing) resolution of robust as well as fragile plankton and aggregates and numerous environmental variables. The VPRII had been deployed in several locations around the world, but, until this cruise, there was no comparable data set for the far North Atlantic, an area of intense ecological interest. This opportunity arose from the transatlantic maiden voyage of the Schmidt Ocean Institute's (SOI) new research vessel, R/V <i>Falkor</i>, from the UK to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from July 2-28, 2012. SOI funded ship costs for the transit, making the underway VPR survey a cost-effective way to sample. This project collected a major data set that can be quickly processed (acoustic, hydrographic, automated image analysis) and will be available to the community soon. Two Ph.D. students participated in the cruise, adding to their training in oceanography and high latitude marine science. </p>
<p>This project was funded by the National Science Foundation. In addition, the VPRII upgrade was supported by the Marine Science and Technology Foundation (WHOI #17073) and the Schmidt Ocean Institute provided the ship itself, the R/V Falkor.</p>
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BCO-DMO catalogue of parameters from Underway temperature, salinity, density, fluorometry, PAR, oxygen, etc. from R/V Falkor cruise FK003 in the North Atlantic high latitudes in July 2012
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http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34341.rdf
Name: year
Units: unknown
Description: Year the data were collected
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34342.rdf
Name: cruiseid
Units: unknown
Description: Cruise identification
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34343.rdf
Name: yearday_0
Units: unknown
Description: Decimal year day in GMT starting with January 1 as day 0. Called time in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34344.rdf
Name: lat
Units: decimal degrees
Description: Decimal latitude with north being positive. Called latitude in the orginal Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34345.rdf
Name: lon
Units: decimal degrees
Description: Longitude decimal degrees with east being positive. Called longitude in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34346.rdf
Name: depth
Units: meters
Description: Depth of VPR in meters from the VPR SBE49 CTD. These values are shown as negative in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34347.rdf
Name: temp
Units: degrees Celcius
Description: Temperature of seawater in degrees Celcius from the VPR SBE49 CTD. Called temperature in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34348.rdf
Name: sal
Units: unitless
Description: Salinity from VPR SBE49 CTD
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34349.rdf
Name: density
Units: unknown
Description: Seawater density as Sigma-t, computed from temperature, salinity, and pressure
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34350.rdf
Name: fluor
Units: millivolts
Description: Fluorescence output in millivolts from a/d fluor channel. Called fluorescence in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34351.rdf
Name: turbidity
Units: millivolts
Description: Turbidity in millivolts from a/d obs channel
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34352.rdf
Name: par
Units: 1000*10^(0.004883*millivolts)
Description: PAR as 1000*10^(0.004883*millivolts). Called PAR in the original Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34353.rdf
Name: depth_w
Units: meters
Description: Bottom depth from the ship fathometer (EK60 on Falkor). Originally called Bottom Depth in the Matlab file.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34354.rdf
Name: oxygen
Units: millivolts
Description: Oxygen from a/d SBE43 O2 sensor.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34355.rdf
Name: roll
Units: degrees
Description: Roll angle, (degrees, positive: roll to right?)
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34356.rdf
Name: pitch
Units: degrees
Description: Pitch angle, (degrees, positive up)
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34357.rdf
Name: altitude
Units: millivolts
Description: Altitude from altimeter in millivolts from a/d
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34358.rdf
Name: distance
Units: kilometers
Description: Cumulative distance traveled by the ship during the tow, in kilimeters
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34359.rdf
Name: month
Units: unknown
Description: Month the data were collected
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34360.rdf
Name: day
Units: unknown
Description: Day of the month the data were collected.
http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset-parameter/34361.rdf
Name: ISO_DateTime_UTC
Units: unknown
Description: Date and time the data were collected in ISO8600 standard format
GB/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
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<p>The SCS data files logging the raw data are set to break once a day at GMT midnight to make acquisition, plotting, processing and transfer easier.</p>
<p>The following information is quoted from SOI's &quot;Guide to SCS Data Sensors and Formats SCS v 4.6.0&quot;, by MT Colleen Peters, 2013. There is additional information available in this document that may be relevant to users of these data.</p>
<div>The <span>CNAV (a<span> dynamic Digital Global Navigation Satellite System (DGNSS) </span>pre<span>cise point positioning systemby C &amp; C Technologies)</span>&nbsp;is the primary scientific navigation positioning system, with capabilities of a decimeter or better.&nbsp;The CNAV provides the Seapath320 with RTCM messages to give improved accuracy. The Seapath 320 position and attitude data are utilized by the multibeam sonars. The CNAV display is located in the rack room.&nbsp;The antenna is located on the starboard side of upper main mast.
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<div><b>Kongsberg Seatex Seapath 320: </b>The Seapath Motion Reference Unit (MRU) is located in a cubby on the starboard side of the passageway between the mess and the forward stairs on the 2<sup>nd</sup> deck (just before the watertight door).&nbsp;The antennas are on the port and starboard side of the main mast.&nbsp;The deck unit and Human Interface are in 322 rack 1.&nbsp;Seapath provides position and attitude data to all of the sonar systems. It<span> is also connected to the CTD computer for use with the XBT and CTD.&nbsp;The position and attitude data are also distributed to other systems via an overland splitter.</span></div>
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<div><b>Raytheon Anschuetz STD 22 Gyrocompass</b>: The gyrocompass feed goes both to the bridge and to NMEA splitters. The data is then broadcast via a network patch panel. The gyro data is also fed into the multibeam systems.</div>
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<div><b>Vaisala WXT520:&nbsp;</b>The <span>weather data comes from a sensor mounted on the upper level of the main mast.&nbsp;The Vaisala WXT520 collects wind direction and speed as well as air temperature, relative humidity and pressure.&nbsp;The sensor is directly connected to the bridge Helideck Monitoring System (HMS).&nbsp;The data are then output from the HMS 100 to the network and brought into SCS. </span></div>
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<div><b>Lambrecht QUATRO IND-H&rsquo;:</b> The second sensor, the Lambrecht QUATRO IND-H&rsquo; measures wind speed and direction, as well as pressure, air temperature and relative humidity. The met data is only connected to the bridge display on the navigation station. The wind data are then output to the bridge&rsquo;s Raytheon navigation system and sent through the network in the <b>BridgeData</b> string. This sensor is for navigation only, and does not get calibrated.</div>
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<div><b>Biospherical Surface Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) Sensor : </b>A PAR sensor with a <u>spherical receiver</u> that is equally sensitive to photons from all direction measures&nbsp;Quantum Scalar Irradiance (QSI). An alternative term for this quantity is &quot;Photosynthetic Photon Flux Fluence Rate&quot; (PPFFR). QSI or PPFFR are defined as the integral photon flux of photons in the 400&ndash;700 nm wavelength interval&nbsp;at a point in space from all directions around the point.</div>
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<div><b><i>S</i></b><b><i>cientific <span>Seawater System</span></i></b><b>:&nbsp;</b>Th<span>is system was designed to run a continuous flow of seawater through several instruments to measure the properties of the surface water. The intake for this system in is the bow, and the equipment (pump, plumbing and external temperature probe) are all located forward of the bow-thruster room. </span></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Gener<span>ally, all sensors are turned on as soon as the ship is in clear water when leaving port and run for the duration of the cruise. Running the system in an environment prone to chemicals from ships and land facilities can damage the sensitive sensors. Sometimes, when the ship is in rough weather, the seawater system may catch an air bubble, which can disrupt the data, or require the system to be shut down temporarily. These occasions can be easy to identify by plotting the two temperature measurements&mdash;if the TSG temperature is high (like 5&deg;C difference) then there is likely no flow in the system, which allows the TSG temperature to increase to room temperature, while the remote probe will stay at ocean temperature. This will vary with the local ocean temperatures.</span></div>
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<div><b><i>SB</i></b><b><i>E<span> 38 Remote Temperature Probe</span></i></b>:&nbsp;The <span>&lsquo;external&rsquo; or remote probe, SBE 38 measures temperature as close to the system&rsquo;s intake as possible. When we send &lsquo;sea surface temperature&rsquo; data, we primarily use this sensor. This temperature is used to calculate sound velocity with the TSG.</span></div>
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<div><b><i>SB</i></b><b><i>E<span> 45 Micro Thermosalinograph </span></i></b><i>(T<span>SG): </span></i>The T<span>SG measures temperature and conductivity. With these two measurements, it calculates salinity. With the salinity from the TSG, and the temperature from the remote probe, it calculates sound velocity.&nbsp;Using the remote probe makes sound velocity calculations more accurate because the temperature at the TSG can be affected slightly as it travels through the ship to the wet lab.</span></div>
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<div><b>Valeport MiniSVS Sound Velocity Probe: </b>The Sound Velocity Probe (SVP) is accessed in the forward deck store, by the aft bulkhead behind the workbench.&nbsp;It sits in a pipe welded to the ship&rsquo;s structure.&nbsp;Strapped into a weighted jacket, it is lowered with a cable (not the data cable) and the probe face sticks out past the hull to measure sound velocity close to the transducers. The probe can then be pulled out of the tube for inspection and cleaning, even while the ship is underway.&nbsp;This sensor is calibrated annually.</div>
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<div><b>Seabird 9/11 plus </b><b>C</b><b>onductivity Tem<span>perature and Depth (CTD):&nbsp;</span></b>CT<span>Ds are standard oceanographic systems on most ocean-going research vessels. This system provides a profile of the water column, measuring the chemical and physical properties of the water.</span></div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>The CTD data is logged using the Seabird Seasave software, and also logged in SCS as a backup. It is helpful to view the CTD depth on a real time plot with winch wire out. It is also useful for comparing sea-surface temperature between the SBE 38and SBE 9plus. The CTD is a 6800m rated sensor with dual temperature and conductivity sensors. It can accommodate up to 8 auxiliary sensors. We currently have 2 SBE 43 dissolved oxygen, a WetLabs ECO FLNTU fluorometer/turbidity sensor and a C-Star Transmissometer. Due to the nature of CTD casts, the auxiliary instruments can change frequently within a cruise or between cruises, so the data are not accommodated in SCS. It would require frequent reprogramming, which would interrupt the bulk of the data being logged on SCS. The primary sensors are therefore the only ones logged by SCS. These include pressure, depth, conductivity, temperature, salinity and sound velocity.</div>
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<div>The CTD frame and SBE 32 carousel can accommodate up to 24 12L OTE Niskin water sampling bottles.</div>
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<div>&nbsp;
<div><b>Kongsberg Maritime Skipper DL850 Dual Axis Doppl<span>er Speed Log: </span></b>Prov<span>ides forward/aft (+/-) and port/starboard (+/-) ship speed measurements, both over ground and through water.&nbsp;The speed range is from 0-40 knots on both axis. The echo sounder has a max range of 100m. </span></div>
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<div><b><u>Scientific Echo sounders</u></b></div>
<div>All of the following echo sounders are from Kongsberg Maritime. In normal mapping operations, the data from each of the sounders are recorded on the local acquisition machines in the Kongsberg file formats for more in-depth processing. They are recorded on SCS for use with displays, quality assurance and data transfers to the SOI website Falkor Status page. If you want to process any of these data for acoustic surveys, you will need the files in the native formats.</div>
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<div><b>EM302 Deep water multibeam sonar: </b>The EM302 is used for seafloor bathymetry, seafloor backscatter and water column backscatter. This sonar&rsquo;s optimal depth is 1000-6000m, but it can log data from 10-8000m.</div>
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<div><b>EM710 Shallow water multibeam sonar: </b>The EM710 is used for seafloor bathymetry, seafloor backscatter and water column backscatter. This sonar has higher resolution in more shallow depths, and its operating range is up to 2000m, but it tends to stop collecting useful data by 1500m.</div>
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<div><b>EK60 Split-beam fisheries sonar: </b>The EK60 sonar is generally used for studying the plankton or fish in the water column. There are the following frequencies: 12kHz, 38kHz, 70kHz, 120kHz, 200kHz and 710kHz.</div>
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<div><b>EA600 Single-beam hydrographic sonar: </b>The EA600 is not frequently used for logging data. It&rsquo;s primary function is to find the bottom quickly before an ROV dive or CTD cast or to compare to another sonar. There are the following frequencies: 12kHz, 38kHz, 120kHz and 200kHz. The 12kHz EA600 is one of two transducers that will collect data to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, roughly 11,000m in depth.</div>
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<p>Data were received as a Matlab file. The file was processed using the JGOFS/GLOBEC Matlab method to enable it to be served.</p>
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