The description below is excerpted from the GP15 Cruise Report (PDF). Refer to cruise report for more information, including the complete problem report and CTD processing details.
The Cutter (ODU) group provided the GEOTRACES Trace Element Carousel sampling system (GTC), including the Dynacon winch with 7300 m of Vectran cable with conductors, clean lab, and Seabird carousel/CTD with 24 12L GO-FLO bottles (and 11 spares). In total, 72 GTC hydrocasts were conducted and 2 GO-FLOs per depth were triggered (3 per depth for super stations to accommodate water requests), with subsequent filtration using Acropak capsules (0.2 um). An average of 10 sample bottles were filled from each Acropakfiltered GO-FLO, but this number varied based on station type and depth. For the 35 stations occupied on Leg 1 and Leg 2, which includes shelf, slope, demi, full, super, and "bonus" stations between 56°N and 20°S, this represented the acquisition of upwards of 15,500 trace element samples.
The CTD data acquisition system consisted of an SBE-11+ (V2) deck unit and a networked generic PC workstation running Windows 7. SBE SeaSave7 v.7.26.1.8 software was used for data acquisition and to close bottles on the rosette.
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