This data is from a towed instrument called an ACROBAT. The Acrobat is a winged instrument platform that cycles between the surface and 60 m as it is towed behind a ship traveling at speeds of 5 to 8 knots. It is equipped with a SeaBird 49 FastCAT CTD (temperature, conductivity, and pressure) and a Wetlabs EcoPUCK optical sensor (chlorophyll a, colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), and backscatter). The ACROBAT system has been used to map submesoscale features (fronts, eddies and filaments) a...
Show moreData from the CTD, EcoPUCK, and GPS were combined and vertical profiles were constructed from dives using MATLAB. Data were written to a .mat file that was then combined with metadata to create a netCDF file.
Location: Ocean waters south of Palmer Station, located between 63 - 62.3 S latitude and 64-65 W longitude in depths less than 60 m.
Deployment information:
Palmer RHIB (small boat) operated by United States Antarctic Program operated during the months of Jan - April, 2020 with Principal Investigators: Jackie Veatch, Hank Statscewich, and Josh Kohut.
Statscewich, H., Veatch, J. (2023) Water temperature, salinity, and optical properties from an Acrobat towed vehicle from bi-weekly grids conducted at Palmer Station, Antarctica in 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-12-01 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/916046 [access date]
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