Dataset: Red Sea CTD

Name: Data from CTD casts on the R/V Thuwal cruise in the Red Sea during January 2014 (Red Sea Krill project)
Published: 2015-10-27
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Spatial Extent: N:22.5 E:39.017 S:22.5 W:39.017

Project:

Red Sea Krill (Red Sea Krill)

Principal Investigator:

Peter H. Wiebe (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

2015-10-27

Version Date:

2015-10-27

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Data from CTD casts on the R/V Thuwal cruise in the Red Sea during January 2014 (Red Sea Krill project)

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Description

A CTD cast at the ECDEEP station measured temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, optical back scattering, oxygen, and Color Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM).

Data Files

File
ctd_cast_Thuwal.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 1.09 MB) MD5:a2ff4f63f73443d311d660fbc5876f13 Primary data file for dataset ID 620083

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	KAUST-Kaartvedt-2014

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Thuwal-2014-01		2014-01-07	R/V Thuwal	Peter H. Wiebe (Scientist)	data info

Instruments

CTD - profiler

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Idronuat Ocean Seven 316Plus CTD

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD - profiler

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/130/

Generic Description:

The Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) unit is an integrated instrument package designed to measure the conductivity, temperature, and pressure (depth) of the water column. The instrument is lowered via cable through the water column. It permits scientists to observe the physical properties in real-time via a conducting cable, which is typically connected to a CTD to a deck unit and computer on a ship. The CTD is often configured with additional optional sensors including fluorometers, transmissometers and/or radiometers. It is often combined with a Rosette of water sampling bottles (e.g. Niskin, GO-FLO) for collecting discrete water samples during the cast.

This term applies to profiling CTDs. For fixed CTDs, see https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/869934.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date_local	local date	yyyy-mm-dd	date_local
time_local	local time	HH:MM:SS	time_local
yrday_local	local year-day	unitless	yrday_local
ISO_DateTime_Local	local time with ISO format	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx]	ISO_DateTime_Local
lat	latitude; north is positive	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude; east is positive	decimal degrees	lon
press	pressure	decibars	press
temp	temperature	oC	temp
cond	conductivity	Siemens/meter	cond
sal	salinity	PSU	sal
O2_sat_pcnt	percent saturation of oxygen	percent	O2_sat_pcnt
O2_mg_L	oxygen concentration (ppm)	milligrams/liter	O2_mg_L
pH	pH	unitless	pH
chl_a	chlorophyll fluorescence	units?	chl_a
turbidity	optical scattering	FTU	turbidity
CDOM	Colored dissolved organic matter: The optically measurable component of the dissolved organic matter in water	unitless?mg/m^3 ?	CDOM
alt	altimetry	meters	altitude
O2_umol_L	oxygen concentration: O2mg/L0.744.661	micromoles/liter	O2_umol_L

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Dataset: Red Sea CTD