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w0005seasoar.csv (158.00 B) | Comma Separated Values (.csv) | Primary data file for dataset ID 2467 | Download |
W0005 R/V Wecoma 29 May - 17 June 2000 SeaSoar data from the U.S. GLOBEC Northeast Pacific Program are available from the SeaSoar Web Site at Oregon State University Contact Jack Barth at OSU (Phone: 541-737-1607; email barth@oce.orst.edu) SeaSoar data are available in two formats: "1Hz data" or "gridded". Each of these is described below. 1Hz Data -------- The *.dat2c files give final 1Hz SeaSoar CTD data. Here is the first line of inshore.line1.dat2c: 44.64954 -125.25666 108.7 8.6551 33.5239 26.0164 8.6439 26.0181 155.64019 000603152152 0001 0.069 0.288 0.476 0.23 The format of the *.dat2c files is given by: col 1: latitude (decimal degrees) col 2: longitude (decimal degrees) col 3: pressure (dbars) col 4: temperature (C) col 5: salinity (psu) col 6: Sigma-t (kg/cubic meter) col 7: potential temperature (C) col 8: sigma-theta (kg/cubic meter) col 9: time (decimal year-day of 2000) col 10: date and time (integer year, month, day, hour, minute, second) col 11: flag col 12: PAR (volts) col 13: FPK010 FL (violet filter) (volts) col 14: FPK016 FL (green filter) (volts) col 15: chlorophyl-a (micro g/liter) The ones place of the flags variable indicates which of the two sensor pairs was selected as the preferred sensor, giving the values for T, S, and sigma-t: 0 indicates use of sensor pair 1 (T1, C1) 1 indicates use of sensor pair 2 (T2, C2) Voltage values (columns 12 - 14) are in the range of 0-5 volts. A value of 9.999 indicates "no value" for those columns Chlorophyll was calculated based on the voltage values of the green filtered FPK016; if that FPAK was 9-filled, then the chlorophyll value was set at 999.99; if the calibrated value was negative (due to noise in the calibration) the chlorophyll value was set at 0.00; otherwise the calibration equation used was: chl_a = 7.6727(volts) - 3.4208 Gridded Data ------------ The *1.25km files give the final SeaSoar CTD data gridded at a spacing of 1.25 km in the horizontal, and 2 db in the vertical. In general this was used for the mapping surveys that were on the continental shelf. The *2.5km files give the final SeaSoar CTD data gridded at a spacing of 2.5 km in the horizontal (and 2 db in the vertical). These were used for the deeper, offshore survey. Here is the first line of inshore.line1.1.25km: 6.25 155.92008 44.651726 -124.13853 1.0 9 9.5228777 33.127800 25.569221 240.63866 9.5227690 0.24063867E-01 3.7872221 1.1320001 0.78988892 The format of the *km files is given by: col 1 = distance (km) col 2 = julian day + fractional day (noon, Jan 1 = 1.5) col 3 = latitude (decimal degrees) col 4 = longitude (decimal degress) col 5 = pressure (dbar) col 6 = count col 7 = temperature (degrees C) col 8 = salinity (psu) col 9 = density (sigma-t) (kg/cubic meter) col 10 = specific vol anomaly (1.0E-8 cubic meter/kg) col 11 = potential temperature (degrees C) col 12 = dynamic height (dynamic meters) col 13 = PAR (volts) col 14 = FPK010 (volts) (violet filter) col 15 = FPK016 (volts) (green filter) "missing data" was set at 1.0e35 columns 1 - 4 give the average location and time of the values contained in the column at that location. The column gives values for every two dbars of depth, starting at 1db and extending down to a value at 121 db. The column then shifts to the next location, 1.25km further along the line. If we are working with the 2.5km sections, then the column goes down to a value of 329 db, and the next column then shifts 2.5km further along the line. For the E-W lines, column 1 gives the distance from the coastline; for the N-S lines, column 1 gives the distance from southernmost point. column 6 (count) gives the number of samples in that 2db bin
Cowles, T. (2007) Link to SeaSoar CTD Data from R/V Wecoma cruise W0005A in the Northeast Pacific in 2000 as part of the U.S. GLOBEC program (NEP project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 2007-04-16) Version Date 2007-04-16 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/2467 [access date]
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