Abstract:

Water column and hydrographic data were collected during the Concorde Spring 2016 cruise utilizing the CTD-rosette system aboard the R/V Point Sur. Characterization of physical and chemical properties in the water column were conducted down the Concorde corridors in the Mississippi Bight, Mobile Bay outflow and Western Florida shelf. The sample period was between 03/28/16 to 04/10/16. Quarter meter binned profiles and bottle files are posted here with the raw CTD data are available on request.

Suggested Citation:

Monty Graham, Kevin Martin. 2016. CTD profile data of the Mississippi Bight, Mobile Bay and Western Florida Shelf off the R/V Point Sur during late March and Early April 2016. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N73T9FK1

Purpose:

Characterization of physical and chemical properties in the water column were conducted down the Concorde corridors in the Mississippi Bight, Mobile Bay outflow and Western Florida shelf.

Data Parameters and Units:

Date (MMM DD YYYY); Time (HH:MM:SS); Pressure, Digiquartz [db]; Depth [salt water, m]; Temperature [ITS-90, deg C]; Temperature, 2 [ITS-90, deg C]; Conductivity [mS/cm]; Conductivity, 2 [mS/cm]; Salinity, Practical [PSU]; Salinity, Practical, 2 [PSU]; Density [density, Kg/m^3]; Density, 2 [density, Kg/m^3]; Sound Velocity [Chen-Millero, m/s]; Oxygen, SBE 43 [mg/l]; Fluorescence, WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL [mg/m^3]; Beam Attenuation, WET Labs C-Star [1/m]; PAR/Irradiance, Biospherical/Licor; SPAR/Surface Irradiance, number of scans per bin

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