Dataset: Water temperature, salinity, and optical properties from an Acrobat towed vehicle from bi-weekly grids conducted at Palmer Station, Antarctica in 2020

Data from the CTD, EcoPUCK, and GPS were combined and vertical profiles were constructed from dives using MATLAB. Data were written to a .mat file that was then combined with metadata to create a netCDF file. 

Location: Ocean waters south of Palmer Station, located between 63 - 62.3 S latitude and 64-65 W longitude in depths less than 60 m.

Deployment information: 
Palmer RHIB (small boat) operated by United States Antarctic Program operated during the months of Jan - April, 2020 with Principal Investigators: Jackie Veatch, Hank Statscewich, and Josh Kohut.

Related dataset information:

Danielson, S., & Statscewich, H. (2020). Water temperature, salinity, and optical properties from an Acrobat towed vehicle during cruises for the Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER site, 2018 and 2019(Version 1) [Data set]. Axiom Data Science. https://doi.org/10.24431/RW1K471
* This related dataset was collected during a separate deployment of the same instrument platform. The Gulf of Alaska LTER data collection effort was completed aboard the RV Sikuliaq, a 230' icebreaker, whereas the Palmer Station data published in this BCO-DMO dataset (916046) was conducted on smaller rigid hull inflatable vessels.