Abstract:

This dataset includes conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) data from casts performed in the northern Gulf of Mexico during R/V Atlantis Cruise (AT18-02) from November 26 to December 02, 2010. The cruise departed from Galveston, Texas and ended in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Suggested Citation:

Samantha Joye. 2016. CTD cast data collected during R/V Atlantis Cruise AT-1802 in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2010-11-26 to 2010-12-02. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N74J0C4H

Purpose:

The purpose of this cruise was to determine the hydrography in the area of the Deepwater Horizon blowout.

Data Parameters and Units:

cast; event; date_start_utc (mm/dd/YYYY); time_start_utc (HHMM.mm); lat_start (decimal degrees); lon_start (decimal degrees); depth (m); press (pressure, decibars); alt (m); time_elapsed (seconds); lat (decimal degrees); lon (decimal degrees); temp (temperature, C); temp2 (temperature, C); cond (conductivity, S/m); cond2 (conductivity, S/m); sal (primary salinity measurement, PSU); sal2 (primary salinity measurement, PSU); density (kg/m^3); density2 (kg/m^3); O2_v (volts); O2_mg_L (mg/L); O2_umol_kg_SBE (oxygen measured by SBE43, umol/kg); O2_umol_kg_W (oxygen measured by Weiss sensor, umol/kg); trans (beam transmissio, %); potemp (primary measure of potential temperature, C); potemp2 (secondary measure of potential temperature, C); chl_a_fluor turbidity (Fluorescence measured by WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL, mg/m^3); turbidity (NTU); CDOM (colored dissolved organic matter fluorescence, mg/m^3); fluor_ug_L (CDOM measured by fluorescence, ug/L); fluor_ppb (Fluorescence measured by Turner SCUFA, ppb); sound_vel_avg (average sound velocity, m/s); bottles_fired; error_count

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