Dataset: Inter-comparison 2016: MicroCAT CTD temperature salinity

Name: Temperature and salinity by a MicroCAT CTD during an inter-comparison of autonomous in situ instruments for ocean CO2 measurements under laboratory-controlled conditions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2016
Published: 2022-03-01
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.870412.1

Temporal Extent: 2016-08-16 - 2016-08-27

Project:

A new tool for ocean carbon cycle and ocean acidification studies (Bermuda Biochem Timeseries)

Principal Investigator:

Michael DeGrandpre (University of Montana)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Todd R. Martz (University of California-San Diego, UCSD-SIO)

Student:

Qipei Shangguan (University of Montana)

Contact:

Qipei Shangguan (University of Montana)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

Version Date:

2022-03-01

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Temperature and salinity by a MicroCAT CTD during an inter-comparison of autonomous in situ instruments for ocean CO2 measurements under laboratory-controlled conditions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2016

Abstract:

This dataset contains temperature and salinity by a MicroCAT CTD at a 15-min frequency. These data were part of an inter-comparison of autonomous in situ instruments for ocean CO2 measurements under laboratory-controlled conditions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in August of 2016. These data were published in Shangguan et al. (2022).

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2022-03-01	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.870412.1	2022-03-11

Methods & Sampling

Temperature and salinity were recorded by a MicroCAT CTD every 15 min.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* Data from source file "2016 temp and sal.xlsx" Sheet1 were imported into the BCO-DMO data system.
* Parameters (column names) renamed to comply with BCO-DMO naming conventions. See https://www.bco-dmo.org/page/bco-dmo-data-processing-conventions

Data Files

File
microcat_2016.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 31.73 KB) MD5:099003c0652eb5ee7224277c7164ea16 Primary data file for dataset ID 870412

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1459255

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird MicroCAT 37

Supplied Name: MicroCAT CTD

Supplied Description:

MicroCAT CTD

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird MicroCAT 37

Acronym: CTD MicroCAT 37

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/350/

Generic Description:

The Sea-Bird MicroCAT CTD unit is a high-accuracy conductivity and temperature recorder based on the Sea-Bird SBE 37 MicroCAT series of products. It can be configured with optional pressure sensor, internal batteries, memory, built-in Inductive Modem, integral Pump, and/or SBE-43 Integrated Dissolved Oxygen sensor. Constructed of titanium and other non-corroding materials for long life with minimal maintenance, the MicroCAT is designed for long duration on moorings.

In a typical mooring, a modem module housed in the buoy communicates with underwater instruments and is interfaced to a computer or data logger via serial port. The computer or data logger is programmed to poll each instrument on the mooring for its data, and send the data to a telemetry transmitter (satellite link, cell phone, RF modem, etc.). The MicroCAT saves data in memory for upload after recovery, providing a data backup if real-time telemetry is interrupted.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
time	Timestamp with time zone (UTC) in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ Format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
temp	temperature	degrees Celsius	temp
sal	salinity	Practical Salinity Units (PSU)	sal

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Dataset: Inter-comparison 2016: MicroCAT CTD temperature salinity