Dataset: CTD
Deployment: NBP-96-4

Final version CTD, including beam attenuation optics

Principal Investigator:

Wilford D. Gardner (Texas A&M University, TAMU)

John M. Morrison (North Carolina State University - Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, NCSU MEAS)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Mary Jo Richardson (Texas A&M University, TAMU)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

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

Version:

March 18, 1999

Deployment Synonyms:

NBP9604, NBP96_4

Version Date:

1999-03-18

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/451003/data

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Description

Final version CTD, including beam attenuation optics.

Methods & Sampling

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   PI:              John Morrison
   of:              North Carolina State University
   PI for Optics:   Wilford Gardner & Mary Jo Richardson
   of:              Texas A&M University
   dataset:         Final version CTD data, including beam attenuation optics
   dates:           September 06, 1996 to September 15, 1996
   location:        N: -60.085  S: -64.1155  W: -170.0035  E: -169.364
   project/cruise:  AESOPS/NBP-96-4 - Site Survey Cruise
   ship:            Nathaniel B. Palmer
 
   Sampling Methodology
   Sampling Methodology, Optics
 
   PI-Note: To convert Beam C (C(1/m)) to Cp the following
   amount was added to ALL casts:   -0.364
 
   AESOPS Investigators, Please note:
   Begin and end parameters for time, latitude and longitude are
   provided in the core CTD and Bottle data.  Investigators
   submitting data related to CTD/Bottle casts are urged to use
   the single lat/lon entry from the Chief Scientist's event log.

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Instruments

CTD Sea-Bird 911

Supplied Name: CTD Seabird 911

Supplied Description:

CTD measurements taken, Sea-Bird SBE 9

Instrument Type

Generic Name: CTD Sea-Bird 911

Acronym: CTD SBE 911

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0035/

Generic 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.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	a unique number assigned to each sampling operation consisting of month MM, day DD, hour HH and minute mm		event
sta	station number		sta
cast	CTD rosette cast number		cast
date	date (YYYYMMDD) decoded as follows YYYY = year, MM = month, DD = day Date converted to GMT		date
time_begin	starting time of cast in UTC	decimal hours	time_begin
time_end	ending time of cast in UTC	decimal hours	time_end
lat_begin	starting latitude, negative = south	decimal degrees	lat_begin
lon_begin	starting longitude, negative = west	decimal degrees	lon_begin
lat_end	ending latitude	decimal degrees	lat_end
lon_end	ending longitude	decimal degrees	lon_end
depth	depth of sample	meters	depth
press	depth of sample reported as pressure	decibars	press
temp	temperature, IPTS-68	degrees C	temp
cond	conductivity CTD	milliSiemens/centimeter	cond
sal	salinity, PSS-78	PSU	sal
potemp	potental temperature, IPTS-68	degrees C	potemp
sigma_t	sigma t	kilograms/meter^3	sigma_t
sigma_0	potental density	kilograms/meter^3	sigma_0
beam_cp	beam attenuation due to particles	1/meter	beam_cp
fluor	relative fluorescence, corrected by Seabird software to chlorophyll-a	milligram/meter^3	fluor
light_bs	backscattered light from a Light Scattering Sensor	volts	no_bcodmo_term
O2_ml_L	oxygen	milliliters/liter	no_bcodmo_term
O2_umol_kg	oxygen	micromoles/kilogram	no_bcodmo_term
O2_umol_L	oxygen	micromoles/liter	O2_umol_L

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