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Parameter: cdom

Dataset: 
Park phase data
Parameter: 
colored dissolved organic matter
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 CDOM
Short Description:
 colored dissolved organic matter
Official Name:
 CDOM
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM): The optically measurable component of the dissolved organic matter in water

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
cdom
Supplied Units: 
ppb
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Colored dissolved organic matter; Acquired with WET Labs MCOMS CDOM Fluorometer (excitation 370 nm/emission 460 nm). A dark offset was subtracted from the raw sensor counts and the result was multiplied by a factory-determined scale factor to obtain colored dissolved organic matter concentration [ppb].

The dark offset was computed separately for each sensor as the mean of the surface minima (0 - 20 dbar) measured during all profiles between July and September 2013 at BATS (https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/728371).