Dataset: Hydrography Summary

Name: Salinity and temperature data collected at the MBL dock in Woods Hole, MA, USA in 2012 (Mnemiopsis feeding in turbulence project)
Published: 2015-03-27
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:41.52472 E:-70.672968 S:41.52472 W:-70.672968

Project:

Turbulence and Suspension Feeding - a New Approach using the Lobate Ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi (Mnemiopsis feeding in turbulence)

Principal Investigator:

John H. Costello (Providence College)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Sean Colin (Roger Williams University, RWU)

John O. Dabiri (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)

Contact:

John H. Costello (Providence College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Version:

27 March 2015

Version Date:

2015-03-27

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Salinity and temperature data collected at the MBL dock in Woods Hole, MA, USA in 2012 (Mnemiopsis feeding in turbulence project)

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Description

Salinity, temperature, and depth data collected at the MBL dock, Woods Hole, MA, USA.

Reference:
Sutherland, K.R., Costello, J.H., Colin, S.P., and Dabiri, J.O. 2014. Ambient fluid motions influence swimming and feeding by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. J. Plankton Res. 36(5): 1310–1322. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu051

Methods & Sampling

Wind data originated from a local weather station located at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (within 150 m of the sampling location). The temperature and salinity were measured using a Hach Hydrolab MiniSonde 4a.

Methods and precision described in:
Sutherland, K.R., Costello, J.H., Colin, S.P., and Dabiri, J.O. 2014. Ambient fluid motions influence swimming and feeding by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. J. Plankton Res. 36(5): 1310–1322. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu051

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO edits:
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Moved date, time_range, and wind_speed into columns.
- Replaced spaces with underscores in 'location' column.
- Inserted lat and lon of the pier (using values provided on the metadata form).
- Replaced blanks with 'nd' and added comments that were in box to the comment column.

Data Files

File
hydrography_summary.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 3.20 KB) MD5:249f6930cbb57d329be3c0996e548574 Primary data file for dataset ID 554408

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1061353
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1061182
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1061268

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
MBL_Dock_0812		2012-08-14	MBL	John H. Costello (Principal Investigator) Sean Colin (Co-Principal Investigator) John O. Dabiri (Co-Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Water Quality Multiprobe

Supplied Name: Hach Hydrolab MiniSonde 4a

Supplied Description:

The temperature and salinity were measured using a Hach Hydrolab MiniSonde 4a.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Water Quality Multiprobe

Generic Description:

An instrument which measures multiple water quality parameters based on the sensor configuration.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
location	Description of sampling location.	text	no_bcodmo_term
lat	Latitude of sampling location.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of sampling location.	decimal degrees	lon
date	Month, day, and year of sampling. (Local time zone, EST)	mmddyyyy	date
time_range	Time range during which wind speed and air temperature were recorded. ?	HHMM	no_bcodmo_term
time_start	Start of time range during which wind speed and air temperature were recorded. ?	HHMM	time_start
time_end	End of time range during which wind speed and air temperature were recorded. ?	HHMM	time_end
wind_speed_range	Range of wind speeds recorded.	meters per second (m/s)	no_bcodmo_term
wind_speed_min	Minumum wind speed recorded.	meters per second (m/s)	no_bcodmo_term
wind_speed_max	Maximum wind speed recorded.	meters per second (m/s)	no_bcodmo_term
air_temp	Air temperature.	degrees Celsius (C)	no_bcodmo_term
time_hydrography	Time of hydrography measurements.	HHMM	no_bcodmo_term
depth	Sampling depth.	meters (m)	depth
salinity	Salinity.	PSU	no_bcodmo_term
temp	Water temperature.	degrees Celsius (C)	temp
comment	Comments.	text	comment

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