Abstract:

Twenty-six CTD profiles from GISR Mooring Recovery Cruise G04, collected 2013-07-09 - 2013-0714.

Suggested Citation:

DiMarco, Steven. 2014. CTD profiles, G04 field survey, DeepWater Horizon oil spill region, collected aboard R/V Pelican cruise PE14-02, 2013-07-09 - 2013-07-14. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N75M63PN

Publications:

Wang, Z., DiMarco, S. F., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2016). Turbulence measurements in the northern gulf of Mexico: Application to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on droplet dynamics. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 109, 40–50. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.12.013

Purpose:

Ancillary data with collected current meter moorings data.

Data Parameters and Units:

GISR_G04_ACTUAL.txt Table of Station, Date (MM/DD/YYYY), Time (hh:mm), SQ# (sequence number), Latitude (decimal degrees), Longitude (decimal degrees), Bottom Depth (meters), netCDF filename (station.nc). netCDF files: 1. profile cf_role (profile id) [0] 2. time time (minutes since 1-Jan-4713 BC 12:00 noon GMT) 3. lon longitude (decimal degrees) 4. lat latitude (decimal degrees) 5. Prz sea water pressure (decibars) 6. Dep depth (meters) 7. Tp1 sea water temperature (degrees Celsius) 8. Cd1 conductivity 1 (s m^-1) 9. sl1 salinity (PSU) 10. sg1 density sigma-t (Kg m^-3) 11. sg2 density sigma-t (Kg m^-3) 12. o21 oxygen 1 (ml L^-1) 13. bem beam transmission (percentage) 14. Flc fluorescence (mg m^-3) 15. Dst sea water density sigma-theta (kg m^-3) 16. Des descent rate (m/s)

Methods:

Lowered CTD

Instruments:

Seabird SBE9

Error Analysis:

Data were visually inspected for errors.

Provenance and Historical References:

This is one of three data sets from this cruise. The others hold ADCP and underway measurements.

Individual Files: