| Alongtrack data collected continuously by the ship's underway acquisition system from ARSV Laurence M. Gould cruise LMG1110 in the Southern Ocean in 2011 | Wet Labs C-Star 25 cm deep. For more information, see the spec sheet.
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Alongtrack data from ship's Data Acquisition System (DAS) from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN277 in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean in 2012 (POWOW project) | See the WetLabs C-Star calibration sheet (PDF) from the TN277 (POWOW1) cruise.
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Data collected daily along the ship track in from the LMG0602 cruise on ARSV Laurence M. Gould in the Southern Ocean from February to March 2006 (SouthernSalps project) | Transmissometer model: WET Labs C-Star 25 cm
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD data and particulate organic carbon, particulate organic nitrogen, and adenosine triphosphate from Niskin bottle samples collected along the coastal ocean off Virginia Beach into the Chesapeake Bay aboard RV Fay Slover on April 1, 2024 | Conductivity, temperature, and depth were measured using a Seabird SBE 32 CTD equipped with a Wetlabs fluorometer and a Wetlabs transmissometer (650 nm).
| Wetlabs C-Star transmissometer (650 nm) |
| CTD data collected in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California from R/V Atlantis cruise AT42-05 in 2018 and R/V Falkor cruise FK190211 in 2019 | | |
| Two decibar averaged CTD profiles collected at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site from October 1988 through June 2025 | Additional sensors for CTD sampling include the WET Labs C-Star or Chelsea/Seatech Transmissometer.
| WET Labs C-Star Transmissometer |
| Processed CTD data from BH15-11 from R/V Blue Heron cruise BH15-11 in the western arm of Lake Superior in August 2015 | | WET Labs C-Star |
| Profile data from Lagrangian mixed layer float collected from Biofloat 48 deployment in the subpolar North Atlantic and Iceland Basin in 2008 (NAB 2008 project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Raw and derived parameters from a WET Labs C-Star Beam Transmissometer on Biofloat 48 in the subpolar North Atlantic and Iceland Basin in 2008 (NAB 2008 project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Hydrography sensor data from trace metal rosette (TMR) casts at 26 stations near coastal Antarctica during RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise NBP18-01 from Dec 2017 to Feb 2018 | | WetLabs C-Star |
| One meter binned CTD data collected aboard the R/V Pelican during PE17-04 and PE17-20 along the Northern Gulf of Mexico, specifically the Louisiana Shelf region dominated by the discharge of the Mississippi River plume. | | |
| Data from custom instrument (CLASS) measured on R/V Endeavor cruise (EN614) in May 2018 | | WET Labs C-Star |
| Processed first profiles of sensor data from AUV Clio taken on R/V Atlantis (CliOMZ AT50-10 expedition) from Golfito Costa Rica to San Diego USA in May-June 2023. | | SEA-BIRD SCIENTIFIC C-Star Transmissometer |
| Raw Sensor files from AUV Clio taken on R/V Atlantis (CliOMZ AT50-10 expedition) from Golfito Costa Rica to San Diego USA in May-June 2023. | | SEA-BIRD SCIENTIFIC C-Star Transmissometer |
| Vessel CTD profiles in the outer reaches of the Damariscotta River Estuary in the mid-coast region of Maine from June 2017 to July 2018 | | |
| Underway/continuous measurements of O2, O2/Ar and optically-based POC in the North Pacific from 2017-09-05 to 2017-09-27 | Beam attenuation at 660 nm: (C-Star, Sea-Bird Scientific).
| C-Star, Sea-Bird Scientific |
| Surface and mixed-layer averaged diel cycles of O2 and optically-based POC from repeated CTD casts in the North Pacific from 2017-09-05 to 2017-09-25 | Beam attenuation at 660 nm: (C-Star, Sea-Bird Scientific).
| C-Star, Sea-Bird Scientific |
| Processed CTD data from all sensors mounted on the rosette from R/V Knorr cruise KN210-04 in the Western Atlantic Ocean between Uruguay and Barbados in 2013 (Deep Atlantic DOM project) | A WetLabs C-star transmissometer (operating at a wavelength of 660 nm with a 25cm pathlength) was equipped on the CTD rosette.
| WL CSTAR Trans |
| CTD data collected on three NSF RAPID Plankton cruises on R/V Point Sur and R/V Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico during 2017-2018 | | Transmissometer, WET Labs, C-Star |
| CTD Averaged Bottle Data from R/V Knorr KN197-08 in the Amazon River plume, NE coast of South America from May to June 2010 (ANACONDAS project) | WetLabs Model CSTar s/n CST - 1117DR Calibrated 30 April 2008
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD data from ring nets used to collect copepods on the RV/Ira, June-Oct 2017 and May 2019 | | WET Labs C-Star transmissometer |
| CTD hydrographic and nutrient data from R/V Oceanus cruise OC468-02 in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 (GoMX - N2 Fixation project) | Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength)
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD profile data collected from cruises AT11-17, AT11-30, TN200, TUIM14MV, W0306A, W0308C from the Coastal Waters off Washington State and Vancouver Island; 2003-2006 (ECOHAB-PNW project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD profile data from R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN210 in the Gulf of Alaska, North Pacific in 2007 (Northern Gulf of Alaska Phytoplankton project) | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD profiles from R/V Wecoma multiple cruises in the Northeast Pacific coastal waters off states of Washington and Oregon from 2004 to 2006 (RISE project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD Profile Data from R/V Knorr KN197-08 in the Amazon River plume, NE coast of South America from May to June 2010 (ANACONDAS project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD profile data from R/V Oceanus cruise OC468-02 in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 (GoMX - N2 Fixation project) | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| One meter-averaged CTD profiles from cruises KN193-03, B4-2008, B9-2008, and B10-2008 in the subpolar North Atlantic and Iceland Basin in 2008 (NAB 2008 project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD and bottle sample data from R/V Melville cruise MV1101 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2011 (Great Calcite Belt project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| CTD and bottle data from R/V Roger Revelle RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| Time series composite CTD profiles from R/V Hermano Ginés cruises in the Cariaco Basin from 1995 through 2017 (CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD data from AT39-01 (North Pond 2017 expedition) from the R/V Atlantis in the central North Atlantic during October 2017 | WET Labs C Star
serial number: CST-854DR
caibration date: 8-Dec-16
| WET Labs C Star |
| CTD data from R/V Seward Johnson and R/V Knorr cruises collected in the Tropical Eastern Pacific from 2007-2009 (ETP project) | | Wetlabs CST-721DR 25 cm pathlength transmissometer |
| CTD cast data from R/V Melville cruise MV1101 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2011 (Great Calcite Belt project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| CTD cast data from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR1202 in the Southern Ocean (30-60S) in 2012 (Great Calcite Belt project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| CTD full resolution profiles from cruises KN193-03, B4-2008, B9-2008, and B10-2008 in the subpolar North Atlantic and Iceland Basin in 2008 (NAB 2008 project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD casts collected at station Kahe and ALOHA between June 15 and June 24, 2019 onboard R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1910. | Wetlabs C-Star 25cm
| Wetlabs C-Star 25cm |
| CARIACO time series individual CTD profiles from B/O Hermano Gines HG93_CARIACO in the CARIACO basin from 1995-2017 (CARIACO project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD Niskin bottle data from research cruises FKt230602 and Fkt231202 on R/V Falkor (too) in the Central Eastern Pacific Ocean, offshore Costa Rica from June to December 2023 | The system used was a Sea-Bird Electronics 911plus CTD system on a rosette carrying 24 twelve-liter Niskin Bottles with: Two temperature sensors (SBE 3+),
Two conductivity sensors (SBE 4),
Two dissolved oxygen sensors (SBE 43),
Fluorometer (chlorophyll a)/Turbidity Meter (WetLabs ECO FLNTUD),
Transmissometer (WetLabs C-star),
Altimeter.
| WetLabs C-star |
| CTD profiles from GEOTRACES cruise KN193-06 for Intercalibration of sensors aboard R/V Knorr in the Sargasso Sea (GEOTRACES IC project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Processed CTD data from R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1301 in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean in 2013 (POWOW project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| Processed CTD data from R/V Kilo Moana cruise KM1312 in the Eastern North Pacific Ocean from 2013-2013 (POWOW project) | | WL CSTAR Trans |
| CTD profiles from R/V Knorr cruise KN207-01 in the southern tip of Nova Scotia to Bermuda in 2012 (SargassoSeaLipids project) | | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Dissolved, inorganic nutrient data integrated with bottle data from R/V Endeavor cruise EN614 in May 2018 | | WET Labs C-Star |
| Hydrography and environmental conditions measured with CTD at nine stations during R/V Endeavor cruise EN616 in July 2018 | Beam attenuation and beam transmittance were measured using WET Labs C-Star. The instrument had a 25 cm pathlength and measured beam attenuation at a wavelength of 660 nm.
| WET Labs C-Star |
| Bottle data from CTD casts conducted on R/V Endeavor cruise EN640 from June-July 2019 | | Transmissometer, WET Labs C-Star |
| Binned profiles of CTD measurements from R/V Endeavor cruise EN640 from June-July 2019 | | Transmissometer, WET Labs C-Star |
| Dissolved, inorganic nutrient data integrated with bottle data from R/V Endeavor cruise EN640 in June-July 2019 | | WET Labs C-Star |
| Processed CTD data from cruises R/V Atlantis (AT15-61) in Jan-Feb 2010 and R/V Melville (MV1104) in Mar-Apr 2011 in the Eastern Tropical South Pacific | | WET Labs CStar |
| Particle birefringence photon yield and particle beam attenuation coefficient derived from optical particle sensors deployed on GTC CTD casts on the U.S. GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect (PMT) cruise (GP15) on R/V Roger Revelle from Sept-Nov 2018 | The transmissometer used was a SeaBird transmissometer operating at 650 nM. They used to be made by WETLabs Inc., Philomath, OR. The complete ID is CST1035DR (meaning it was 6000 m rated and operating at a red wavelength of 650 nm). See: https://www.seabird.com/c-star-transmissometer/product?id=60762467717
| SeaBird (formerly WETLabs) Transmissometer 1035 |
| Cross-polarized photon yield, beam attenuation coefficient, scattering, and fluorescence data derived from optical particle sensors interfaced to a CTD deployed during McLane pump casts on the GP17-OCE R/V Roger Revelle (RR2214) cruise Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 | The transmissometer used was a SeaBird transmissometer operating at 650 nM. They used to be made by WETLabs Inc., Philomath, OR. The complete ID is CST1450DR (meaning it was 6000 m rated and operating at a red wavelength of 650 nm). See: https://www.seabird.com/c-star-transmissometer/product?id=60762467717
| SeaBird (formerly WETLabs) Transmissometer CST1450 |
| Beam attenuation coefficient, scattering, and fluorescence data derived from optical particle sensors deployed during casts of the ODF rosette on the GEOTRACES GP17-OCE cruise aboard R/V Roger Revelle (RR2214) from December 2022 to January 2023 | The transmissometer used was a SeaBird transmissometer operating at 650 nM. They used to be made by WETLabs Inc., Philomath, OR. The complete ID is CST1874DR (meaning it was 6000 m rated and operating at a red wavelength of 650 nm). See: https://www.seabird.com/c-star-transmissometer/product?id=60762467717
| SeaBird (formerly WETLabs) Transmissometer CST1874 |
| Particle beam attenuation coefficient (Cp) data from GEOTRACES carousel from R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN204-01 in the subtropical N. Atlantic Ocean, 2010-2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project) |
25 cm pathlength, 660 nm
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| Particle beam attenuation coefficient (Cp) data from ODF (Ocean Data Facility) rosette, R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN204-01 in the Subtropical northern Atlantic Ocean, 2010-2011 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project) | 25 cm pathlength, 660 nm
| Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer |
| CTD hydrography and nutrients from casts conducted on R/V Kilo Moana cruises KM1919 and KM1920 from September to October 2019 | Beam attenuation and transmission were by Wet labs C-Star.
| Wet labs C-Star |
| Time-series Niskin-bottle sample data from R/V Hermano Gines cruises in the Cariaco Basin from 1995 through 2017 (CARIACO Ocean Time-Series Program) | a C-Star transmissometer (660 nm, Wetlabs)
| C-Star transmissometer |
| Hydrographic data from Niskin bottles collected by CTD profiling on two R/V Endeavor cruises, EN620 and EN642, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico in 2018 and 2019 | | Transmissometer, WET Labs C-Star |
| Hydrographic data from CTD profiles conducted on two R/V Endeavor cruises, EN620 and EN642, in the Northern Gulf of Mexico in 2018 and 2019 | | Transmissometer, WET Labs C-Star |
| OOI Global Argentine Basin Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data from Mooring Overturning Cruises in the Argentine Basin from 2015-2018 (OOI Cruise Data project) | WET Labs C-Star used to determine Beam Attenuation and Beam Transmission values.
| WET Labs C-Star |
| OOI Global Irminger Sea Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data from Mooring Overturning Cruises in the Irminger Sea from 2014-2023 (OOI Cruise Data project) | WET Labs C-Star used to determine Beam Attenuation and Beam Transmission values.
| WET Labs C-Star |
| OOI Coastal Pioneer New England Shelf Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data from Mooring Overturning Cruises at the New England Continental Shelf from 2013-2022 (OOI Cruise Data Project) | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer was used to determine Beam Attenuation and Beam Transmission values.
| WL CSTAR Trans |
| OOI Global Southern Ocean Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data from Mooring Overturning Cruises in the Southern Pacific Ocean from 2015-2020 (OOI Cruise Data project) | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer was used to determine Beam Attenuation and Beam Transmission values.
| WL CSTAR Trans |
| OOI Global Station Papa Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data from Mooring Overturning Cruises in the Gulf of Alaska from 2013 to 2023 (OOI Cruise Data project) | Wet Labs CSTAR Transmissometer was used to determine Beam Attenuation and Beam Transmission values.
| WL CSTAR Trans |
| Hydrographic, nutrient and oxygen data from CTD bottles during R/V Pelican cruises from 2016-06-29 to 2018-06-24 | dx.doi.org/10.7284/124540
| WET Labs C-Star |
| CTD bottle data for all CTD casts during R/V Roger Revelle RR1804, RR1805 cruises in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, from March to April 2018 | For beam attenuation and transmission.
| Wetlabs C-star |
| CTD Bottle Data from R/V Sally Ride cruise SR2114 in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific, December 2021–January 2022 (N-loss in the ETNP ODZ project) | Beam attenuation values were measured by a WET Labs C-STAR sensor.
| WET Labs C-STAR Sensor |
| Station data and nutrient profiles for analysis of microbial communities from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TN268 in the North Pacific from August to September 2011 (Sulfur Oxidizers project) | | Wet Labs C-Star transmissometer |
| Particulate organic matter data set from samples collected using ship’s surface underway system taken on board of the R/V Oceanus OC1701A, OC1611B, OC1603B, OC1602A, OC1601A in the Oregon Coast (47-43 N, 126-124 W) from 2016 to 2017. | Particle beam attenuation (Cp) was measured by a 25-cm, 650 nm wavelength WET Labs C-Star transmissometer installed inside the ship in line with the flow-through system.
| WET Labs C-Star transmissometer |
| CTD data from sediment coring events taken on board of the R/V Ira C. in September 2018 | | |
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