Dataset: IRONMAN CTD Profiles

Name: CTD profiles from the Lake Superior collected during various R/V Blue Heron cruises between 2000-2002 (IRONMAN project)
Published: 2016-08-22
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:48 E:-84.833 S:46.667 W:-91.432

Temporal Extent: 2000-06-07 - 2002-09-13

Project:

Trace Metal Limitation of Phytoplankton Productivity: Combined Immunological, Geochemical and Growth Assay Approaches in Lake Superior (IRONMAN)

Program:

Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies (Laurentian Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Robert W. Sterner (University of Minnesota Duluth)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2016-08-22

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

CTD profiles from the Lake Superior collected during various R/V Blue Heron cruises between 2000-2002 (IRONMAN project)

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Description

CTD profile data

Methods & Sampling

CTD casts were conducted during R/V Blue Heron cruises at designated stations.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* blank values replaced with no data value 'nd'

Data Files

File
IRONMAN_CTD.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 42.02 MB) MD5:1a67f135758bf50fb32c135de4dc6845 Primary data file for dataset ID 655211

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9819324
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9902658
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-9902660

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
BH98-IRONMAN1	IRONMAN1	2000-06-07	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Erik T. Brown (Chief Scientist) Dr Robert W. Sterner (Principal Investigator)	data info
IRONMAN2		2009-09-17	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Chief Scientist)	data info
IRONMAN3		2001-05-29	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Principal Investigator)	data info
IRONMAN4		2001-07-24	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Principal Investigator)	data info
IRONMAN5		2002-09-10	R/V Blue Heron	Dr Robert W. Sterner (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus

Acronym: CTD SBE 911plus

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0058/

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird SBE 911 plus is a type of CTD instrument package for continuous measurement of conductivity, temperature and pressure. The SBE 911 plus 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 9 plus and SBE 11 plus is called a SBE 911 plus. The SBE 9 plus uses Sea-Bird's standard modular temperature and conductivity sensors (SBE 3 plus and SBE 4). The SBE 9 plus 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

Fluorometer

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Fluorometer

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/113/

Generic Description:

A fluorometer or fluorimeter is a device used to measure parameters of fluorescence: its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. The instrument is designed to measure the amount of stimulated electromagnetic radiation produced by pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted into a water sample or in situ.

Oxygen Sensor

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Oxygen Sensor

Acronym: Dissolved Oxygen Sensor

Generic Description:

An electronic device that measures the proportion of oxygen (O2) in the gas or liquid being analyzed

Transmissometer

Supplied Name:

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Transmissometer

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/124/

Generic Description:

A transmissometer measures the beam attenuation coefficient of the lightsource over the instrument's path-length. This instrument designation is used when specific manufacturer, make and model are not known.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
CruiseID	cruise identifier	unitless	cruise_id
Station	station identifier	unitless	station
Date	date (UTC) in format YYYYMMDD	unitless	date
Time	time (UTC) in format HHMMSS	unitless	time
Lat	latitude of the station	decimal degrees	lat
Lon	longitude of the station; west is negative	decimal degrees	lon
temp	temperature	degrees C	temp
cond	actual conductivity	microSiemens per centimeter	cond
cond_spec	specific conductance (actual conductivity at 25 degrees C)	microSiemens per centimeter	cond
beam_trans	beam transmission	percent	trans
fluor	fluorescence	miligrams per meter cubed	fluor
O2_mg_L	dissolved oxygen	milileters per liter	O2_ml_L
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Date/Time (UTC) in ISO format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx]	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
PAR	Photosynthetically Active Radiation (Biospherical/Licor)	microEinsteins per meter squared per second	PAR
press	Pressure at time of CTD sample.	decibars	press

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Dataset: IRONMAN CTD Profiles