Abstract:

Conductivity, temperature, and depth data collected during the R/V Pelican Cruise PE10-31, two weeks after the Deepwater Horizon accident. This dataset reports data from 32 CTD profiles collected around the Macondo well to establish a ground zero of the water column conditions as close to the time of the accident as possible. A 10-day cruise was split into 2 legs. Leg one was a sediment core collection and leg two was for a CTD survey of sites around the well head. Stations were occupied 2010-05-05 - 2010-05-13. This dataset was pre-ECOGIG and collected using National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology (NIUST) funding.

Suggested Citation:

Arne Diercks. 2016. R/V Pelican CTD Cast Data, Gulf of Mexico, May 2010. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N70C4ST0

Purpose:

32 CTD profiles were collected around the Macondo well to establish a ground zero of the water column conditions as close in time to the accident as possible.

Data Parameters and Units:

scan: Scan Count; depSM: Depth [salt water, m]; potemp090C: Potential Temperature [ITS-90, deg C]; t090C: Temperature [ITS-90, deg C]; sal00: Salinity, Practical [PSU]; c0S/m: Conductivity [S/m]; sigma-é00: Density [sigma-theta, kg/m^3]; oxsolMg/L: Oxygen Saturation, Garcia & Gordon [mg/l]; oxsolML/L: Oxygen Saturation, Garcia & Gordon [ml/l]; bat: Beam Attenuation, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar [1/m]; xmiss: Beam Transmission, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar [%]; nbf: Bottles Fired; latitude: Latitude [deg]; longitude: Longitude [deg]; timeJ: Julian Days; timeH: Time, Elapsed [hours]; timeM: Time, Elapsed [minutes; timeS: Time, Elapsed [seconds]; flag: 0.000e+00

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