Dataset: BMP2_ess
Deployment: NBP0204

BIOMAPERII environmental data from acoustics data stream

Principal Investigator:

Peter H. Wiebe (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

GLOBEC: Winter Distribution and Success of Southern Ocean Krill (Southern Ocean Krill)

U.S. GLOBEC Southern Ocean (SOGLOBEC)

Deployment Synonyms:

GLOBECIV

Coordinated Deployments:

LMG0205

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/450311/data

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Description

Environmental Data Stream (CTD Plus)
A Component of the BIOMAPERII Data Acquisition System

These data are from the Environmental Sensing System (ESS) a component of the BIO -Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder (BIOMAPER II)¹ data acquisition system.

BIOMAPERII is a towed package consisting of a number of independent observational components: a multi-frequency sonar (Acoustics) system, a video plankton recorder (VPR) system, and an environmental sensor system (ESS). The incoming ESS environmental data is split into two data streams, one to be merged with the VPR data and one to be merged with the acoustics data. The reason being that there are times when either the Acoustic or VPR system may be turned off. Thus, there is a independent ESS data set to support either the Acoustic or VPR data streams.

The ESS data reported here are in support of the Acoustics data stream. See the data object "sv120data", 120 kHz acoustic backscatter data set.

References

¹Wiebe, P.H., et al., 2002, BIOMAPER-II: An Integrated Instrument Platform for Coupled Biological and Physical Measurements in Coastal and Oceanic Regimes. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 27(3):700-716.

²Fofonoff and Millard, 1983, UNESCO technical papers in Marine Sciences, #44.

Questions concerning this data set should be directed to:
Peter Wiebe
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
voice: (508) 289-2313
fax: (508) 457-2169
e-mail: pwiebe@whoi.edu

Last updated: Apr 20, 2006

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

These data are from the Environmental Sensing System (ESS) a component of the BIO -Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder (BIOMAPER II)1 data acquisition system.

Deployment-specific acquisition description

These data are from the Environmental Sensing System (ESS) a component of the BIO -Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder (BIOMAPER II)1 data acquisition system.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
ANT-9910307	NSF Antarctic Sciences

Instruments

BIo-Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder II

Supplied Description:

BIOMAPERII is a towed package consisting of a number of independent observational components

Instrument Type

Generic Name: BIo-Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder II

Acronym: BIOMAPERII

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0007/

Generic Description:

BIOMAPER II is a set of sensors on a long aluminum frame that resembles the tail of a World War II airplane. A research vessel tows the instrument through the water on a specialized tow cable that sends power to the sensors and brings data back to the ship. People use BIOMAPER II to learn about phytoplankton and zooplankton over areas that are too large to study with the traditional net-and-microscope method. Whereas nets can sample areas up to about 5 meters (16 feet) on a side, BIOMAPER II can record data from 500 meters (1,640 feet) or more of the water column at a time. The instrument's standard suite of sensors were chosen for studying plankton: a five-frequency sonar system, a video plankton recorder and an environmental sensor system (ESS, like the one on MOCNESS). The ESS measures water temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll and light levels. BIOMAPER II also has room for attaching other instruments for specific uses. The instrument's official name is BIOMAPER-II: the BIo-Optical Multi-frequency Acoustical and Physical Environmental Recorder. The Roman numeral II indicates that it's a redesign of the original BIOMAPER, a prototype that was invented and tested in the mid 1990s. (more information).

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	cruise identification, e.g. NBP0204, for Nathaniel B. Palmer cruise 0204		cruiseid
year	year, local time, e.g. 2004		year
brief_desc	brief cruise description, such as broad-scale, process, mooring, etc.		brief_desc
tow	tow number		tow
day_local	day, local time (01-31)		day_local
month_local	month, local time (1-12)		month_local
station	station number, from event log		station
station_std	standard station number, from event log		station_std
yrday_local	local day and decimal time	YYY.Y	yrday_local
time_local	local time using 24 hour clock and fractions of the minute.	HHmm.m	time_local
press	depth of sample/data point, given as pressure	decibars	press
temp	temperature of water	degrees C.	temp
potemp	potential temperature, theta²	degrees C	potemp
sal	salinity, PSS-78	dimensionless	sal
sigma_0	potential density, sigma-theta²	kg/m&sup3	sigma_0
flvolt	fluorescence (0-5 volts)	volts	flvolt
angle	angle of tow body relative to vertical (0-89 degrees)		tow_angle
vtvel	vertical tow velocity, meters/minute	m/min	vtvel
beam_c	beam attenuation coefficient	/meter<sup>-1</sup>	beam_c
lat	latitude, negative = South	degrees	lat
lon	longitude, negative = West	degrees	lon

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: BMP2_ess
Deployment: NBP0204

Environmental Data Stream (CTD Plus)
A Component of the BIOMAPERII Data Acquisition System

References

Dataset acquisition description

Deployment-specific acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Database

Contribute Data

Dataset: BMP2_essDeployment: NBP0204

Environmental Data Stream (CTD Plus) A Component of the BIOMAPERII Data Acquisition System

References

Dataset acquisition description

Deployment-specific acquisition description

Dataset Processing Description

Dataset: BMP2_ess
Deployment: NBP0204

Environmental Data Stream (CTD Plus)
A Component of the BIOMAPERII Data Acquisition System