Abstract:

Sampling of in situ seawater, macroalgae, macrocrustaceans and associated fauna (cruise GoMRI-II, August 24-27 2012, stns 1-18, data available for all) aboard the R/V Pelican cruise id PE13-08 was targeted to repeat sampling of previously studied hard banks and adjacent deep waters west of the mouth of the Mississippi River and extending east to offshore Alabama, an area encompassing roughly 27°58'N to 29°26'N and 87°34'W to 91°01'W. Submitted metadata are ADCP, TCD, Marks and Cruise Track Data.

Suggested Citation:

Fredericq, Suzanne and Darryl Felder. 2014. ADCP, CTD, Cruise Track, Ewing and Sackett Gulf Deep Banks off Louisiana, August 2012. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7862DCM

Purpose:

The dataset produced is part of a long-term study of offshore NW Gulf of Mexico post Deepwater Horizon.

Data Parameters and Units:

ADCP data 75kHz, 300kHz, 1200kHz -- Time (YY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss), latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), depth (meters), seafloor depth (meters), sound velocity (meters/second), 3D water current velocities (meters per second), specific conductance. Cruise track data -- latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees) CTD data -- scan count (count) Time elapsed timeS (seconds) pressure Digiquartz with TC (db) depth salt water (meters) Temperature ITS-90 (degrees Celsius) Conductivity (mS/cm) salinity practical (psu) density (kg/m^3) oxygen Oxygen, SBE 43 Beam transmission, Chelsea/Seatech (%) Chlorophyl, Turner Cyclops (ug/l) crude oil, Turner cyclops (ppb QS) Fluorescence, WET Labs ECO CDOM (gm/m^3) PAR/Irradiance, Biospherical/Licor CPAR/corrected irradiance SPAR/surface irradiance Altimeter, nitrogen saturation, plume anomaly.

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