Dataset: Profile data
Data Citation:
Estapa, M., Buesseler, K. (2018) Float profile data collected during surface ascents in the Sargasso Sea from 2013-2014. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version working) Version Date 2018-04-17 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.734339 [access date]
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DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.734339
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Spatial Extent: N:34.7787 E:-61.1357 S:28.3441 W:-69.1118
Temporal Extent: 2013-07-06 - 2014-11-24
Project:
Rapid, Autonomous Particle Flux Observations in the Oligotrophic Ocean
(RapAutParticleFlux)
Program:
Principal Investigator:
Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Contact:
Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
2
Version Date:
2018-04-17
Restricted:
No
Validated:
Yes
Current State:
Final no updates expected
Float profile data collected during surface ascents in the Sargasso Sea from 2013-2014.
Abstract:
Optical proxy measurements of sinking particle flux and water-column bio-optical profiles were obtained from profiling floats in the Sargasso Sea to expand the number of particle flux observations in the critical and under-sampled “twilight zone”. Particulate organic carbon flux derived from float-based optical sediment trap measurements was validated against fluxes measured directly with co-deployed, drifting neutrally-buoyant, sediment traps during a series of five short cruises before floats were deployed for approximately one year. The data returned by the floats comprise quantitative particle flux observations made at high-enough temporal resolution to interpret in the context of short-term, upper-ocean production events.