Contributors | Affiliation | Role |
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Limeburner, Richard | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) | Principal Investigator |
Allison, Dicky | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) | BCO-DMO Data Manager |
Contributor: | Richard Limeburner |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | |
rlimeburner@whoi.edu |
updated; October 12, 2004; G.Heimerdinger
CTD Data from Mooring Cruise Oceanus 333.
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ctd_oc333.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 428.90 KB) MD5:f1e2942717f4438a7aeafe123af515a1 Primary data file for dataset ID 2404 |
Parameter | Description | Units |
cast | cast number | |
lat | latitude, negative = south | decimal degress |
lon | longitude, negative = west | decimal degress |
depth_w | water depth | meters |
day_gmt | day of month | GMT |
month_gmt | month of year | GMT |
year | year | GMT |
time_gmt | time, in hours and minutes | GMT |
press | pressure, depth of sample | decibars |
temp | water temperature | degrees centigrade, ITS-90 |
sal | salinity | psu |
Dataset-specific Instrument Name | CTD Seabird 911 |
Generic Instrument Name | CTD Sea-Bird 911 |
Dataset-specific Description | CTD measurements taken by a SBE911 (SeaBird) CTD instrument package. |
Generic Instrument Description | The Sea-Bird SBE 911 is a type of CTD instrument package. The SBE 911 includes the SBE 9 Underwater Unit and the SBE 11 Deck Unit (for real-time readout using conductive wire) for deployment from a vessel. The combination of the SBE 9 and SBE 11 is called a SBE 911. The SBE 9 uses Sea-Bird's standard modular temperature and conductivity sensors (SBE 3 and SBE 4). The SBE 9 CTD can be configured with auxiliary sensors to measure other parameters including dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, fluorescence, light (PAR), light transmission, etc.). More information from Sea-Bird Electronics. |
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Platform | R/V Oceanus |
Report | |
Start Date | 1998-11-15 |
End Date | 1998-11-21 |
Description | long term mooring Methods & Sampling CTD Data from Mooring Cruise Oceanus 333. |
The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Program is a large multi- disciplinary multi-year oceanographic effort. The proximate goal is to understand the population dynamics of key species on the Bank - Cod, Haddock, and two species of zooplankton (Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus) - in terms of their coupling to the physical environment and in terms of their predators and prey. The ultimate goal is to be able to predict changes in the distribution and abundance of these species as a result of changes in their physical and biotic environment as well as to anticipate how their populations might respond to climate change.
The effort is substantial, requiring broad-scale surveys of the entire Bank, and process studies which focus both on the links between the target species and their physical environment, and the determination of fundamental aspects of these species' life history (birth rates, growth rates, death rates, etc).
Equally important are the modelling efforts that are ongoing which seek to provide realistic predictions of the flow field and which utilize the life history information to produce an integrated view of the dynamics of the populations.
The U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Executive Committee (EXCO) provides program leadership and effective communication with the funding agencies.
U.S. GLOBEC (GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics) is a research program organized by oceanographers and fisheries scientists to address the question of how global climate change may affect the abundance and production of animals in the sea.
The U.S. GLOBEC Program currently had major research efforts underway in the Georges Bank / Northwest Atlantic Region, and the Northeast Pacific (with components in the California Current and in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska). U.S. GLOBEC was a major contributor to International GLOBEC efforts in the Southern Ocean and Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP).
Funding Source | Award |
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National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |