Parameter: beam attenuation

Short Description:

beam attenuation

Short Name:

beam_cp

Official Name:

beam_cp

Units:

1/m

Graphable:

Yes

No Data Value:

External Identifier:

» skos:closeMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/ATTNZZ01/

Description

attenuation (loss of light) of a narrow, well collimated beam of light; beam attenuation due to particles; the particulate beam attenuation coefficient (cp)

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
Acartia tonsa mortality with CTD data: 5 daytrips	Acartia tonsa mortality from net tows and associated CTD data	CopesPopDynHypoZone	bat
AE2207 Processed CTD with Thermodynamic Calculations	AE2207 Processed CTD with Thermodynamic Calculations	InVirT	beam
AE2207 Unprocessed CTD	AE2207 CTD	InVirT	CStarAt0
All Bottle	All Bottle	ECOHAB-PNW	bat
allADCP	ADCP 600 and 150 KHz 5 min and 1 hr ave, shallow and deep sites, 1995.	GB	beam
AR16_Bottle	Standard bottle data.	Phosphorus Redox Cycling	CStarAt0
AR16_CTD	Standard CTD data.	Phosphorus Redox Cycling	CStarAt0
AT42-05 and FK190211 hydrography	water column geochemistry AT42-05	Guaymas Basin Interactions	CStarAt0
Barbados-Bermuda Th-232 Th-230	Seawater concentrations of dissolved and total Th-232 and Th-230, Barbados to Bermuda	NSF Chief Sci Training Barbados-Bermuda	BAC
BATS CTD Profiles	Two decibar-averaged CTD profiles from BATS sites	BATS	BAC
Biofloat_48 CSTAR transmissometer Profiles	Raw and derived parameters from WET Labs C-Star Beam Transmissometer	NAB 2008	beam_cp
Biogeochemical survey 2015-2018	Biogeochemical data from cruises AT32, AT34, AT38, AT39-06	DOM_SeasonalDynamics	BeamAt
BIOS-SCOPE survey biogeochemical data		BIOSSCOPE	BAC
Bottle	Bottle data from SR1805 cruise	N2O in ETNP	CStarAt0_sdev, CStarAt0
bottle_summ	Niskin bottle summary product; basic hydrographic data, thorium-234, pigments and nutrients	VERTIGO	beam
BVAL CTD profiles (BATS Validation cruises)	BVAL CTD profiles	BATS	BAC
BVAL46: CTD profiles	BVAL46 ctd	Biological C:N:P ratios	Beam_attenuation
Carbon Flux Explorer CCE_LTER P1706 - Particulate Carbon Flux		C-SNOW Development, C-SNOW, CCE LTER	maxNOflux, cumATNflux, maxATNflux1, NOflux1, maxATNflux, NOflux, cumNOflux1, ATNflux1, cumNOflux, ATNflux, maxNOflux1, cumATNflux1
CLASiC CTD		CLASiC	Beam_Attenuation
CLASiC Water Column		CLASiC	Beam_Attenuation
CLASS custom instrument EXAMPLE (draft)		GOMP, Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0
CliOMZ AT50-10 AUV Clio Data: Processed first profiles	Processed first profile sensor data, AUV Clio, AT50-10 cruise	CliOMZ	TransCalcBeam
CliOMZ AT50-10 AUV Clio Data: Tracer summary	Tigerclaw and bushbaby sammary data AUV Clio, AT50-10 cruise	CliOMZ	MeanTransAtten, StdTransAtten
Coastal Maine CTD Data	Coastal Maine CTD Data	Colloidal Metals	Beam_Attenuation
continuous	Underway/continuous measurements of O2, O2/Ar and optically-based POC in the North Pacific	ProdChangeO2Carb	beam_attenuation_coeff_POC
CTD	CTD profile data, including beam attenuation	Arabian Sea	beam_cp
CTD	Final version CTD, including beam attenuation optics	AESOPS	beam_cp
CTD	SOFeX project CTD profile data	SOFeX	beam_att
CTD	CTD	Filter Feeders Physics and Phosphorus	BeamAtt
CTD	Surface and mixed-layer averaged diel cycles of O2 and optically-based POC along the North Pacific	ProdChangeO2Carb	beam_attenuation_coeff_POC
CTD	CTD data collected on three RAPID Plankton cruises	RAPID Plankton	Beam_Attenuation
CTD - Bottle	CTD - Bottle	GoMX - NGOMEX	Bat_avg, Bat_sdev
CTD - Bottle - AN10	CTD Averaged Bottle Data	ANACONDAS	BeamAtten, Avg_BeamAtten
CTD - Bottle Summary	CTD - Bottle Summary	GATEKEEPERS	Bat_avg
CTD - copepod net hauls	CTD	Burgers_Vortex_Copepods	Beam
CTD - Hydro Nutrients - EN496	CTD Hydro Nutrients Data - EN496	GoMX - N2 Fixation	Bat, Bat_SD
CTD - Hydro Nutrients - EN509	CTD Hydro Nutrients Data - EN509	GoMX - N2 Fixation	Bat, Bat_SD
CTD - Profiles	CTD Profile Data	ECOHAB-PNW	Attenuation
CTD - Profiles	CTD Profile Data	RISE	Attenuation
CTD - Profiles	CTD - Profiles	GoMX - NGOMEX	bat
CTD - Profiles	CTD - Profiles	GATEKEEPERS	bat
CTD - Profiles - AN10	CTD Profile Data	ANACONDAS	BeamAtten
CTD - Profiles - EN509	CTD profile data - EN509	GoMX - N2 Fixation	Bat
CTD - Profiles - OC449-03	CTD Profile Data for OC449-03	SIRENA	xmiss
CTD - Pump Seacat CTD - Down Casts	CTD - Pump Seacat CTD - Down Casts	SIRENA	Bat
CTD - Pump Seacat CTD - Up Casts	CTD - Pump Seacat CTD - Up Casts	SIRENA	Bat
CTD 1m averaged profiles	CTD 1m averaged profiles	NAB 2008	beam_cp
CTD Bottle Data - MV1101	CTD Bottle Data - MV1101	Great Calcite Belt	Bat_sdev, Bat_avg
CTD Bottle Data - RR1202	CTD Bottle Data - RR1202	Great Calcite Belt	Bat_avg, Bat_sdev
CTD Composite Profiles	CARIACO time series composite CTD profiles	CARIACO	beam_cp, beam_att
CTD data from Hydrostation S	CTD data from Hydrostation S	Hydrostation S	BAC
CTD data from sediment coring events	CTD data September 2018	Thin_Disc_Project	CStarAt0
CTD Data with Chemical and Biological Discrete Samples	CTD Data with Chemical and Biological Discrete Samples	GoMX - N2 Fixation	Beam_Attenuation
CTD Down Casts - MV1101	CTD Down Casts - MV1101	Great Calcite Belt	bat
CTD Down Casts - RR1202	CTD Down Casts - RR1202	Great Calcite Belt	bat
CTD full resolution profiles	CTD full resolution profiles	NAB 2008	beam_cp
CTD full resolution profiles	Full resolution CTD profiles from project "Marine Nitrogen Cycling by Stable Isotope Probing"	Marine Nitrogen Cycling by Stable Isotope Probing	beam_cp
CTD Individual Profiles	CARIACO time series individual CTD profiles	CARIACO	bat
CTD profiles	One decibar-averaged CTD profile data from cruise CB934	Quorum-sensing and the Carbon Cycle	beam_cp
CTD profiles	CTD profile data from Fukushima Radiation Project	Fukushima Radionuclide Levels	beam_cp
CTD Profiles	One decibar-averaged CTD profiles from cruise AE-X1103	SargassoSeaLipids	beam_cp
CTD Profiles - CH0508	CTD Profiles - CH0508	ON DEQUE	Beam_Attenuation
CTD Profiles - KM1013	One decibar-averaged CTD profiles from cruise KM1013	Quorum-sensing and the Carbon Cycle	BAT
Database Profile Data Products	Database Profile Data Products	ON DEQUE	Beam_Attenuation
DeZoZoo CTD Data	Processed CTD data from all six cruises of the DeZoZoo project	DeZoZoo	beam_atten
Discrete Samples	DIC, TA, pH from nGOM cruise conducted in April 2017 and July 2017	nGOMx acidification	Attenuation
DON_Oxidation	Data collected on cruise SAV 17-16 plus related ancillary samples from the same geographic area	DON Oxidation	Atten_Coeff
EN614 Hydrography	Hydrographic data collected during casts with a CTD-rosette system on R/V Endeavor cruise EN614 from May to June 2018	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0
EN614 Nutrients	EN614 Nutrients	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0, CStarAt0_SD
EN616 CTD hydrography		Cocco-Mix	Beam_C_Attenuation
EN640 Bottle Data	EN640 Bottle Data	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0, CStarAt0_SD
EN640 HPLC Pigments	EN640 HPLC Pigments	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	BeamC
EN640 Hydrographic Profiles	EN640 Hydrographic Profiles	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0
EN640 Nutrients	EN640 Nutrients	Amazon River Plume Nitrogen	CStarAt0, CStarAt0_SD
EN669 Bottle Data	EN669 Bottle Data	GoM Temperature Trends	CStarAt0
ETSP CTD processed		Microbial Nitrification	bat
GP15 Particle birefringence photon yield and particle beam attenuation coefficient derived from McLane logging CTD	GP15 Particle birefringence photon yield and particle beam attenuation coefficient derived from McLane logging CTD	OCO Development, U.S. GEOTRACES PMT	cp1450_av, cp1450_av_sd
GP15 Particle birefringence photon yield and particle beam attenuation coefficient from GTC CTD	GP15 Particle birefringence photon yield and particle beam attenuation coefficient from GTC CTD	OCO Development, U.S. GEOTRACES PMT	cp1035_sd, cp1035
GT10-11 - Transmissometer GTC	NAZT particle beam attenuation coefficient (Cp) data from GT-C (GEOTRACES carousel) rosette system	U.S. GEOTRACES NAT	Cp
GT10-11 - Transmissometer ODF	NAZT particle beam attenuation coefficient (Cp) data from ODF (Ocean Data Facility) rosette system	U.S. GEOTRACES NAT	Cp
HRR 2017 CTD	HRR ctd	HRR	CStarAt0
In situ and ISCO data	S-CAN and geochemical data for Groves Creek	Marine priming effect	nm437_5, nm597_5, nm357_5, nm517_5, nm677_5, nm277_5, nm385, nm545, nm705, nm305, nm465, nm625, nm225, nm332_5, nm492_5, nm652_5, nm252_5, nm412_5, nm572_5, nm280, nm440, nm600, nm360, nm520, nm680, nm227_5, nm387_5, nm547_5, nm707_5, nm307_5, nm467_5, nm627_5, nm335, nm495, nm655, nm255, nm415, nm575, nm282_5, nm442_5, nm602_5, nm362_5, nm522_5, nm682_5, nm230, nm390, nm550, nm710, nm310, nm470, nm630, nm337_5, nm497_5, nm657_5, nm257_5, nm417_5, nm577_5, nm285, nm445, nm605, nm365, nm525, nm685, nm232_5, nm392_5, nm552_5, nm712_5, nm312_5, nm472_5, nm632_5, nm340, nm500, nm660, nm260, nm420, nm580, nm287_5, nm447_5, nm607_5, nm367_5, nm527_5, nm687_5, nm235, nm395, nm555, nm715, nm315, nm475, nm635, nm342_5, nm502_5, nm662_5, nm262_5, nm422_5, nm582_5, nm290, nm450, nm610, nm370, nm530, nm690, nm237_5, nm397_5, nm557_5, nm717_5, nm317_5, nm477_5, nm637_5, nm345, nm505, nm665, nm265, nm425, nm585, nm292_5, nm452_5, nm612_5, nm372_5, nm532_5, nm692_5, nm240, nm400, nm560, nm720, nm320, nm480, nm640, nm347_5, nm507_5, nm667_5, nm267_5, nm427_5, nm587_5, nm295, nm455, nm615, nm375, nm535, nm695, nm242_5, nm402_5, nm562_5, nm722_5, nm322_5, nm482_5, nm642_5, nm350, nm510, nm670, nm270, nm430, nm590, nm297_5, nm457_5, nm617_5, nm377_5, nm537_5, nm697_5, nm245, nm405, nm565, nm725, nm325, nm485, nm645, nm352_5, nm512_5, nm672_5, nm272_5, nm432_5, nm592_5, nm300, nm460, nm620, nm220, nm380, nm540, nm700, nm247_5, nm407_5, nm567_5, nm727_5, nm327_5, nm487_5, nm647_5, nm355, nm515, nm675, nm275, nm435, nm595, nm702_5, nm302_5, nm462_5, nm622_5, nm222_5, nm382_5, nm542_5, nm650, nm250, nm410, nm570, nm730, nm330, nm490
KM1919-KM1920 hydrography and nutrients	KM1919-KM1920 hydrographic and nutrient data	ETNP_ParticleOmics, ETNP OMZ Denitrification	Attn
LB_2012_Ship_CTD-Optics-O2	Long Bay vertical CTD profiles, bin-averaged, downcast	Long Bay Wintertime Bloom	backscatter
McMurdo Sound acoustic backscatter site	Acoustic backscatter from sites in McMurdo Sound.	McMurdo Predator Prey	sv_linear_sum
MV1110 CTD Nutrient and Particle Data		ANACONDAS	Beam_Attenuation, Average_Beam_Attenuation
Neuse River Estuary WQ	Biological, chemical, and physical water quality indicators of the Neuse River.	climate_phyto_estuaries	Kd
NH1417 NEMO CTD	CTD profile downcasts	PhytoNsubResponse	beam_att
Niskin Bottle Hydrography	Niskin Bottle Hydrography from CTD Rosette	NAB 2008	beam_cp
Niskin CTD hydrography	One decibar-averaged CTD values at bottle sample depths	Quorum-sensing and the Carbon Cycle	beam_cp
Northern Gulf of Mexico Bottle Data	Northern Gulf of Mexico Bottle Data	GOMP	CStarAt0_SD, CStarAt0
Northern Gulf of Mexico CTD Profiles	Northern Gulf of Mexico CTD Profile Data	GOMP	CStarAt0
Nutrients and pigments	Nutrients and pigments	FADCO	BeamAt
OC1703A CTD	CTD	Deep Sediment N Fix	Beam_Attenuation
OOI Argentine Basin CTD and Water Sampling Data	OOI Global Argentine Basin Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data	OOI Cruise Data	CTD_Beam_Attenuation
OOI Southern Ocean Array CTD and Water Sampling Data	OOI Global Southern Ocean Array CTD and Discrete Water Sampling Data	OOI Cruise Data	CTD_Beam_Attenuation
Park phase data	Float park phase data collected at depth.	RapAutParticleFlux	beam_c
phytoplankton chl-a	CTD data, bottle nutrients, and the contribution to total Chlorophyl-a by phytoplankton taxa	BenDiM	beamt
PP - Vertical Profiles	Vertical Profiles of Primary Productivity	RISE	KPAR
Profile data	Float profile data collected during surface ascent.	RapAutParticleFlux	beam_c
Reciprocal transplant expt. - irradiance and light attenuation 2017	Light intensity and irradiance at Varadero reefs, 2017	Varadero Reef	Kd_est
RR1804/1805 hydrographic and nutrient data		ETNP_ParticleOmics	Beam_Attn
Species composition with CTD data: 5 daytrips	Species composition with CTD data: 5 daytrips	CopesPopDynHypoZone	bat
UDAS	Underway Data Acquisition System (UDAS) data	Diatom Group Si Prod	Xmiss_BAC
Underway POM		CCAW	Beam_attenuation
YellowFin CTD Data	YellowFin CTD Data	SoCalPlumeEx2012	Beam_Attenuation

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U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

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