Abstract:

Three line moorings were deployed and collected data for approximately three weeks in spring 2016. The line moorings were instrumented with conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) and temperature sensors to collect time series of temperature and salinity at discrete depths in the water column. Temperature data were collected at 3 m intervals in depth or finer and salinity was collected at 3 m intervals or finer. Line Moorings also had chi-pods to measure time series of temperature, chi, speed, and dissipation at a specific depth level in high temporal resolution.

Suggested Citation:

Sabrina M Parra. 2017. Mixing Array CTD Line Mooring Spring 2016 (April). Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N72R3Q1W

Purpose:

This data was collected to understand the circulation in the area, by observing density profiles in conjunction with current profiles.

Data Parameters and Units:

time (UTC), temperature (degrees C), salinity (psu), depth (m) Station Latitude (decimal degrees) Longitude (decimal degrees) M4: 30.129429999999999, -88.124579999999995, M5: 30.05125, -88.122619999999998 M6: 29.97803, -88.120429999999999

Instruments:

Seabird CTDs and CTs, Vemco temperature sensors, chipod temperatures, ppod temperatures

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