Dataset: Wirewalker data

This dataset has not been validatedRelease Date:2019-02-01Preliminary and in progressVersion ()Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator, Contact: Melissa Omand (University of Rhode Island)

Co-Principal Investigator: Colleen Durkin (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories)

Co-Principal Investigator: Margaret L. Estapa (Skidmore College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Collaborative Research: EAGER: Particle-specific DNA sequencing to directly observe ecological mechanisms of the biological pump (EAGER DNA BioPump)

This dataset includes data from Wirewalker deployments during the R/V Falkor cruise FK170124 as part of the Sea to Space Particle Investigation project (see https://schmidtocean.org/cruises/).

These data were utilized in the following publication (Omand et al., 2017).


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Results

Omand, M., Cetinić, I., & Lucas, A. (2017). Using Bio-Optics to Reveal Phytoplankton Physiology from a Wirewalker Autonomous Platform. Oceanography, 30(2), 128–131. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2017.233
Methods

Rainville, L., & Pinkel, R. (2001). Wirewalker: An Autonomous Wave-Powered Vertical Profiler. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 18(6), 1048–1051. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1048:waawpv>2.0.co;2