Dataset: DISC: Depth, Temperature, and Salinity

Name: Depth, temperature, and salinity measurements collected during drifting in situ chamber (DISC) deployments in Southwater Caye, Belize between June and August of 2016
Published: 2018-07-02
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:16.84478 E:-88.0661 S:16.79985 W:-88.0817

Temporal Extent: 2016-06-14 - 2016-08-18

Project:

Collaborative Research: The Role of Larval Orientation Behavior in Determining Population Connectivity (Elacatinus Dispersal II)

Principal Investigator:

Claire B. Paris-Limouzy (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)

Contact:

Claire B. Paris-Limouzy (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2018-07-02

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Depth, temperature, and salinity measurements collected during drifting in situ chamber (DISC) deployments in Southwater Caye, Belize between June and August of 2016

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Description

Related Datasets (data collection during same DISC deployments):
* DISC: Data package https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/739221
* DISC: Temperature and Light https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/739220
* DISC: Deployment, environmental, and larval behavior information https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/739595

Methods & Sampling

The CTD logger was attached to the DISC during deployments. The DISC and CTD logger were left in the water for the duration of a day’s deployments, which lasted anywhere from one to 5 hours, depending on the day. The DISC was sometimes lowered/raised between 9 meters and 18 meters, depending on the scheduled depth of deployments for that day.

A CTD logger was added to the data collection process in the middle of the field season. There was only one logger, and it was attached to DISC A.

Data Processing Description

Star-Oddi software "SeaStar" was used to generate these data. No further processing was done.

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 in this dataset are displayed as "nd" for "no data." nd is the default missing data identifier in the BCO-DMO system.
* added ISO timestamp (UTC)
* added start/stop lat/lons from deployment information.

Data Files

File
ctd_log_toplevel.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 741.00 KB) MD5:24754b69ca5a84c6c9a4770068e87a47 Primary data file for dataset ID 739541

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1459156

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
DISC_Deployments_Belize		2016-06-03	Belize_reefs	Claire B. Paris-Limouzy (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
disc_id	DISC (drifting in-situ chamber) identifier	unitless	instrument
deploy_id	Deployment identifier	unitless	deployno
dateTime	Date and time (UTC-6; Belize local time) in format "yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS" from the hobo logger’s record	unitless	DateTime
depth	Depth (depth of logger)	meters	depth
temperature	Water temperature	Degrees Celsius	temp
salinity	Water salinity	Practical Salinity Units (PSU)	sal
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Timestamp (UTC) in standard ISO 8601:2004(E) format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SSZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
deploy_depth	Nominal depth of deployment	meters	depth_n
lat_start	Deployment start latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon_start	Deployment end longitude	decimal degrees	lon
lat_end	Deployment start latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon_end	Deployment end longitude	decimal degrees	lon

Database

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Dataset: DISC: Depth, Temperature, and Salinity