Dataset: dv_MOCNESS

Name: Zooplankton displacement volumes, MOCNESS net tows from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises: NBP-96-4, NBP-96-4A, NBP-97-1, NBP-97-3 in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)
Published: 2000-07-21
Keywords: oceans

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Project:

U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)

Program:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Mark Huntley (University of California-San Diego Scripps, UCSD-SIO)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Meng Zhou (University of Massachusetts Boston, UMB-SMS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

July 21, 2000

Version Date:

2000-07-21

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Zooplankton displacement volumes, MOCNESS net tows from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises: NBP-96-4, NBP-96-4A, NBP-97-1, NBP-97-3 in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)

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Description

Zooplankton displacement volumes, MOCNESS net tows

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Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
NBP-96-04A	NBP9604A NBP96_4A	1996-10-02	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Walker O. Smith (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-96-4	NBP9604 NBP96_4	1996-08-30	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Robert F. Anderson (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-97-01	NBP9701 NBP97_1	1997-01-13	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	John F. Marra (Chief Scientist)	data info
NBP-97-03	NBP9703 NBP97_3	1997-04-04	RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer	Hugh W. Ducklow (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

MOCNESS

Supplied Description:

MOCNESS (Multiple Opening and Closing Nets Envionment Sampling System)

Instrument Type

Generic Name: MOCNESS

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0097/

Generic Description:

The Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System or MOCNESS is a family of net systems based on the Tucker Trawl principle. There are currently 8 different sizes of MOCNESS in existence which are designed for capture of different size ranges of zooplankton and micro-nekton Each system is designated according to the size of the net mouth opening and in two cases, the number of nets it carries. The original MOCNESS (Wiebe et al, 1976) was a redesigned and improved version of a system described by Frost and McCrone (1974).(from MOCNESS manual) This designation is used when the specific type of MOCNESS (number and size of nets) was not specified by the contributing investigator.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	event number, from event log		event
sta	station number, from event log		sta
tow	MOCNESS tow number		tow
net	MOCNESS net number		net
depth_begin	depth at beginning of net tow	meters	depth_begin
depth_end	depth at end of net tow	meters	depth_end
zp_disp_vol	zooplankton displacement volume per net	ml/1000m^3	no_bcodmo_term
vol_net	total volume of water sampled by net tow	m^3	no_bcodmo_term

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Dataset: dv_MOCNESS