CTD data from 37 cruises of the California Current System (CCS) Long-term Observation Program (LTOP) in the Northeast Pacific from 1997-2004 as part of the U.S. GLOBEC program (NEP project)

Website: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2455
Data Type: Cruise Results
Version: 1
Version Date: 2001-02-09

Project
» U.S. GLOBEC Northeast Pacific (NEP)

Program
» U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)
ContributorsAffiliationRole
Fleischbein, JaneOregon State University (OSU-CEOAS)Principal Investigator
Allison, DickyWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)BCO-DMO Data Manager

Abstract
CTD data from 37 cruises of the California Current System (CCS) Long-term Observation Program (LTOP) in the Northeast Pacific from 1997-2004 as part of the U.S. GLOBEC program.


Coverage

Spatial Extent: N:44.6567 E:-123.4417 S:38.125 W:-126.9833
Temporal Extent: 1998-01-30 - 2004-09-09

Dataset Description

Northeast Pacific CTD Data
Contact: Jane Fleischbein

More information is available in the following data reports (PDF's):
1997-1998 Report - Cruises W9707A, W9709B, W9711C, W9801B, W9804A, AR9806, AR9807, W9808A, W9809A, and W9811A.
1999-2000 Report - Cruises W9902A, W9904B, W9907A, W9909C, W9911A, W0002A, W0004B, W0007A, and W0009A.
2001 Report - Cruises W0101B, W0101C, W0103A, W0103B, W0107A, W0109A, W0110A, and W0111B.
2002-2003 Report - Cruises W0202A, W0204A, W0207A, AT7-21, W0212A, W0302A, W0304A, NH0307A, and W0309B.
2004 Report - Cruises W0408D and W0409A.


Methods & Sampling

Refer to the data reports above and to the CCS LTOP website.


Data Processing Description

Parameter names were changed to conform to BCO-DMO convention; BCO-DMO corrected the date and month values for stations 24 and 25 of the W9711C cruise (month and day were reversed). 05/29/12.


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Data Files

File
nepctd.csv
(Comma Separated Values (.csv), 54.38 MB)
MD5:59fe5ae6c8f018e780ff2a4d874266dc
Primary data file for dataset ID 2455

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Parameters

ParameterDescriptionUnits
cruiseid

Cruise identification (e.g. W0101C = R/V Wecoma cruise 0101C).

n/a
year

Year (4 digits)

n/a
station

Station number

n/a
station_name

Name of station

n/a
day

Day

n/a
month

Month

n/a
time

Time

n/a
depth_bottom

Bottom depth, in meters.

Meters
lat

Latitude; positive = north.

Decimal degrees
lon

Longitude; positive = east.

Decimal degrees
press

Pressure, (depth of sample recording).

Decibars
temp

Water temperature.

Degrees celsius
potemp

Potential temperature; originally named 'POT_T'.

degrees C
sigma_0

Potential density (sigma-t).

unknown
spvol_diff

Specific volume anomaly (he difference between the in situ specific volume and the specific volume of seawater at the same pressure). Originally named 'SP_V_AN'.

CL/T
dyn_height

Dynamic height; originally named 'DYN_HT'. Dynamic height is the integral of the specific volume over pressure. Measured in joules per kilogram.

J/kg
flvolt

Fluorometer voltage reading.

Volts
O2_v

Oxygen current in volts. Originally named 'O2C'.

Volts
O2_temp

Oxygen temperature. Originally named 'O2T'.

Degrees celsius
O2

Oxygen concentration (called 'O2_2' in cruises prior to W0007A).

mL/L
light_trans

Light transmission. Measured in volts through cruise W0007A; measured in % light transmission after cruise W0007A. Originally named 'TRN'.

% or volts
O2_2

Dissolved oxygen measurement from cruises prior to and including W0007A. Cruises after W0007A use 'O2'. Column originally named 'O2S'.

mL/L
sal

Salinity

dimensionless


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Instruments

Dataset-specific Instrument Name
Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
Generic Instrument Name
CTD - profiler
Dataset-specific Description
CTD measurements taken, CTD unit unidentified
Generic Instrument Description
The Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) unit is an integrated instrument package designed to measure the conductivity, temperature, and pressure (depth) of the water column. The instrument is lowered via cable through the water column. It permits scientists to observe the physical properties in real-time via a conducting cable, which is typically connected to a CTD to a deck unit and computer on a ship. The CTD is often configured with additional optional sensors including fluorometers, transmissometers and/or radiometers. It is often combined with a Rosette of water sampling bottles (e.g. Niskin, GO-FLO) for collecting discrete water samples during the cast. This term applies to profiling CTDs. For fixed CTDs, see https://www.bco-dmo.org/instrument/869934.


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Deployments

AR9807

Website
Platform
R/V McArthur
Start Date
1998-06-02
End Date
1998-06-05
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

AT7-21

Website
Platform
R/V Atlantis
Report
Start Date
2002-09-27
End Date
2002-10-03
Description
funded by NSF OCE-0000733 UNOLS schedule link The original data from this cruise are available from the NSF R2R data catalog.

Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

NH0307A

Website
Platform
R/V New Horizon
Report
Start Date
2003-07-02
End Date
2003-07-08
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0002A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2000-02-01
End Date
2000-02-03
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0004B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2000-04-11
End Date
2000-04-17
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0007A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2000-07-07
End Date
2000-07-13
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0009A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2000-09-07
End Date
2000-09-12
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0101C

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2001-01-27
End Date
2001-01-29
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0103B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2001-03-20
End Date
2001-03-24
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0107A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2001-07-06
End Date
2001-07-09
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0109A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2001-09-04
End Date
2001-09-10
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0111B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2001-11-27
End Date
2001-11-29
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0202A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2002-02-19
End Date
2002-02-21
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0204A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2002-04-04
End Date
2002-04-10
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0207A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2002-07-09
End Date
2002-07-15
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0212A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2002-12-03
End Date
2002-12-05
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0302A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2003-02-14
End Date
2003-02-16
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0304A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2003-04-01
End Date
2003-04-06
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0309B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2003-09-26
End Date
2003-10-01
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0408D

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2004-08-30
End Date
2004-09-03
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W0409A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
2004-09-07
End Date
2004-09-09
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W9707B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1997-07-28
End Date
1997-07-30
Description
Methods & Sampling
Northeast Pacific CTD Data

W9709B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1997-09-19
End Date
1997-09-20

W9711C

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1997-11-15
End Date
1997-11-22

W9801B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1998-01-30
End Date
1998-02-02

W9804A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1998-04-04
End Date
1998-04-10

W9808A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1998-08-06
End Date
1998-08-14

W9809A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1998-09-24
End Date
1998-09-26

W9811A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1998-11-16
End Date
1998-11-20

W9902A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1999-02-17
End Date
1999-02-18

W9904B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1999-04-19
End Date
1999-04-22

W9907A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
1999-07-03
End Date
1999-07-09

W9909C

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
1999-09-22
End Date
1999-09-27

W9911A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Report
Start Date
1999-11-03
End Date
1999-11-05

AR9806

Website
Platform
R/V McArthur
Start Date
1998-05-26
End Date
1998-05-26

W0101B

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
2001-01-24
End Date
2001-01-25
Description
W0101B served as an instrument test cruise for a fiber-optic tow cable used during the 2001 and 2003 COAST (Coastal Ocean Advance in Shelf Transport) COOP project. CTD / rosette sampling also occurred along the Newport Hydrographic line (44 ° 39.1 'N) from 1-45 nautical miles off the coast. Described breifly in this LTOP data report.

W0103A

Website
Platform
R/V Wecoma
Start Date
2001-03-15
End Date
2001-03-18
Description
The primary purpose of cruise W0103A was to service the GLOBEC LTOP moorings off Newport, Coos Bay, and Rogue River. CTD stations were also completed along the standard FM and RR lines. This cruise is discussed in the 2001 Hydrographic Data Report.  


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Project Information

U.S. GLOBEC Northeast Pacific (NEP)


Coverage: Northeast Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska


Program in a Nutshell

Goal: To understand the effects of climate variability and climate change on the distribution, abundance and production of marine animals (including commercially important living marine resources) in the eastern North Pacific. To embody this understanding in diagnostic and prognostic ecosystem models, capable of capturing the ecosystem response to major climatic fluctuations.

Approach: To study the effects of past and present climate variability on the population ecology and population dynamics of marine biota and living marine resources, and to use this information as a proxy for how the ecosystems of the eastern North Pacific may respond to future global climate change. The strong temporal variability in the physical and biological signals of the NEP will be used to examine the biophysical mechanisms through which zooplankton and salmon populations respond to physical forcing and biological interactions in the coastal regions of the two gyres. Annual and interannual variability will be studied directly through long-term observations and detailed process studies; variability at longer time scales will be examined through retrospective analysis of directly measured and proxy data. Coupled biophysical models of the ecosystems of these regions will be developed and tested using the process studies and data collected from the long-term observation programs, then further tested and improved by hindcasting selected retrospective data series.



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Program Information

U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)


Coverage: Global


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).



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Funding

Funding SourceAward
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE)
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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