Dataset: Profiling float location information
Deployment: Estapa_2013

Profiling float surface dates, times and locations from the Sargasso Sea from 2013 to 2014

Principal Investigator:

Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Contact:

Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Hannah Ake (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Rapid, Autonomous Particle Flux Observations in the Oligotrophic Ocean (RapAutParticleFlux)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

Final

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/728365/data

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Description

Profiling float surface dates, times and locations from the Sargasso Sea from 2013 to 2014.

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Profiling float surface dates, times and locations from the Sargasso Sea.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO Data Processing Description:
-Reformatted column names to comply with BCO-DMO standards.
-Added ISO_DateTime_UTC column.
-Data were originally organized into multiples files and have been consolidated for display here.

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1406552	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
deployment	Deployment numbers for two Sea-Bird Scientific Navis BGCi floats. For short-term deployments (1.5-3 days), the BATS cruise number from which the float was deployed. For long-term deployments, the serial number of the float (F033 or F034).	unitless	no_bcodmo_term
date	Date of surface GPS fix; yyyy/mm/dd.	unitless	date
time	Time of surface GPS fix.	unitless	time
lat	Latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude	decimal degrees	lon
ISO_DateTime_UTC	DateTime; ISO UTC formatted	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC

Database

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Dataset: Profiling float location information
Deployment: Estapa_2013

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: Profiling float location informationDeployment: Estapa_2013

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Dataset: Profiling float location information
Deployment: Estapa_2013