Dataset: Chlorophyll a

Name: Discrete fluorometric chlorophyll-a data from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1005 in the Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean 73 S 115 W from 2010-2011 (ASPIRE project)
Published: 2015-01-29
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-71.573333 E:-110.964733 S:-74.169433 W:-118.279833

Project:

Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition (ASPIRE)

Principal Investigator:

Kevin R. Arrigo (Stanford University)

Contact:

Gert van Dijken (Stanford University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

29 January 2015

Version Date:

2015-01-29

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/546372/data

Discrete fluorometric chlorophyll-a data from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1005 in the Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean 73 S 115 W from 2010-2011 (ASPIRE project)

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Acquisition Description

Seawater samples collected from Niskin bottles were filtered over 25 mm Whatman GF/F filters under low vacuum pressure, extracted overnight at 4C in 5mL 90% acetone and analyzed on a Turner Model 10AU fluorometer before and after acidification. The fluorometer was calibrated with pure chlorophyll a from Sigma.

Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
- Generated from original file "ASPIRE_chlorophyll.xls" contributed by Gert van Dijken
- Parameter names edited to conform to BCO-DMO naming convention found at Choosing Parameter Name
- Local Date reformatted to YYYYMMDD
- Chl_a data displayed to 2 decimal places

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Antarctic Sciences	ANT-0944727

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
NBP1005	ASPIRE OSO 2010-11	2010-11-26	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Patricia L. Yager (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

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Short Name: CTD SBE 911plus

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

The Sea-Bird SBE 911plus is a type of CTD instrument package for continuous measurement of conductivity, temperature and pressure. The SBE 911plus includes the SBE 9plus Underwater Unit and the SBE 11plus Deck Unit (for real-time readout using conductive wire) for deployment from a vessel. The combination of the SBE 9plus and SBE 11plus is called a SBE 911plus. The SBE 9plus uses Sea-Bird's standard modular temperature and conductivity sensors (SBE 3plus and SBE 4). The SBE 9plus CTD can be configured with up to eight 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 SBE 911plus

Dataset-specific description

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

Turner Designs Fluorometer -10-AU

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Short Name: Turner Fluorometer -10AU

Community Standard Description

Generic Description

The Turner Designs 10-AU Field Fluorometer is used to measure Chlorophyll fluorescence. The 10AU Fluorometer can be set up for continuous-flow monitoring or discrete sample analyses. A variety of compounds can be measured using application-specific optical filters available from the manufacturer. (read more from Turner Designs, turnerdesigns.com, Sunnyvale, CA, USA)

PI supplied instrument name: Turner Fluorometer -10AU

Dataset-specific description

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Bottle_Number	Bottle Number	text	bottle
Event	Event	dimensionless	event
Station	Station	dimensionless	station
Local_Date	Local Date	YYYYMMHH	date_local
Local_Time	Local Time	HHMM	time_local
Year_Day_GMT	Year Day GMT	integer	yrday_gmt
Time_GMT	Time GMT	HHMM	time
Latitude	Latitude	decimal degrees	lat
Longitude	Longitude	decimal degrees	lon
Chl_a	Chl a	ug/L	chl_a

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Dataset: Chlorophyll a