Dataset: Wave Glider - Fluorescence - C3

Name: Fluorescence data (C3) collected by the AUV Honey Badger (Wave Glider) in the North Pacific gyre in 2015 (MAGI project)
Published: 2017-07-07
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:29.47909 E:-144.82668 S:19.99672 W:-156.05396

Temporal Extent: 2015-05-20 - 2015-11-02

Project:

Long Duration AUVs as tools to explore Mesoscale feature aggregate interactions (MAGI) (MAGI)

Principal Investigator:

Tracy A. Villareal (University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr Cara Wilson (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA SWFSC ERD)

Contact:

Tracy A. Villareal (University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2017-07-07

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Fluorescence data (C3) collected by the AUV Honey Badger (Wave Glider) in the North Pacific gyre in 2015 (MAGI project)

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Description

This dataset includes chlorophyll, phycoerythrin, and CDOM data from the AUV Honey Badger (Wave Glider model V2) during a 2015 deployment in the North Pacific Ocean.

For more information on project MAGI and a description of Honey Badger, see: http://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/MAGI/

Additional support was provided by the PacX Challenge from Liquid Robotics, Inc.

Methods & Sampling

Data were collected at the surface by the the AUV Honey Badger (a Wave Glider(R) model SV2 from Liquid Robotics). This deployment in the North Pacific Ocean is part of Project MAGI. For more details about the Honey Badger and project MAGI please see project page:

http://oceanview.pfeg.noaa.gov/MAGI/

Chlorophyll, phycoerythrin, and CDOM data were aquired from two float-mounted Turner Designs' C3™ Submersible Fluorometers. Biofouling is a big issue for any long deployment vehicle, and having two sensors provided the redundancy needed for data quality assurance. No calibration was deemed useful due to the duration of the mission and nature of questions asked.

Data Processing Description

No calibration was deemed useful due to the duration of the mission and nature of questions asked. Sensors returned only RFU.

BCO-DMO Data Manager Processing Notes:
* added a conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
* modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
* blank values replaced with no data value 'nd'
* values of "NaN" and "nan" changed to "nd"
* latitude and longitude were rounded to 5 decimal places from 12
* data version "2017-07-07" replace the previous version "2016-08-09." This version includes data from other control boards besides control board 3.

Data Files

File
c3.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.28 MB) MD5:f1fe91e68ac3b70e22b2956984d9da88 Primary data file for dataset ID 653653

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Funding Sources

None available yet

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
HoneyBadger2015		2015-10-31	AUV Honey Badger		data info

Instruments

Fluorometer

Supplied Name: fluorometer

Supplied Description:

Turner float-mounted C3 fluorometers equipped for chl, phycoerythrin and CDOM.

For more details see:

http://www.turnerdesigns.com/products/submersible-fluorometer/c3-submersible-fluorometer

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Fluorometer

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/113/

Generic Description:

A fluorometer or fluorimeter is a device used to measure parameters of fluorescence: its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. The instrument is designed to measure the amount of stimulated electromagnetic radiation produced by pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted into a water sample or in situ.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
ISO_DateTime_UTC	Time (UTC) in format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC
lat	Latitude	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude; west is negative	decimal degrees	lon
chl	Chlorophyll fluorescence	relative fluorescence units	fluor
CDOM	Colored dissolved organic matter	relative fluorescence units	CDOM
phycoerythrin	Phycoerythrin; red protein pigments	relative fluorescence units	phyco
temp	Temerature	degrees Celcius	temp

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Dataset: Wave Glider - Fluorescence - C3