Dataset Available ERDDAP NCEI

PE13 27 CTD, N. Shelf and DeSoto Canyon, May 16-18, 2013

Authors: Speer, Kevin
Published On: Apr 09 2014 20:55 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7K0726V
UDI: R1.x138.077:0003
Files

Individual Files

No. of Downloads: 23

No. of Files: 45

File Size: 76.93 MB

File Format(s):
bl, hdr, hex, cnv, xmlcon

Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-I

Research Group:
Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Point of Contact

Kevin Speer
Florida State University / Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
kspeer@ocean.fsu.edu

Data Collection Period
2013-05-16
to
2013-05-18
Theme keywords

Physical Oceanography, CTD, Temperature, Salinity, Conductivity, Dissolved oxygen, Oxygen saturation, Beam transmission, Beam attenuation, Pressure, Chlorophyll fluorescence, CDOM fluorescence

ISO 19115-2 Metadata
  View Metadata
Abstract:

The main goals of this cruise were as follows: (1) Recover six moorings, including one sound source and three trawl resistant bottom mounts concentrated in the upper DeSoto Canyon. Instruments recovered have collected a year's worth of temperature, conductivity, pressure, and current data. (2) Occupy CTD stations at the mooring locations and along the western edge of DeSoto Canyon, collecting measurements of temperature, conductivity, pressure, dissolved oxygen, turbidity (amount of suspended particles in the water), optical properties of water (transmittance or attenuation of incident radiation), and chlorophyll-a. (3) Sample water from the western edge of DeSoto Canyon, up to and including mooring M6, in order to better understand the chlorophyll max. Collected samples will be analyzed for methane concentration, oxygen concentration, nutrients, cell microscopy, microbes (for DNA/RNA work) and particulate organic carbon (for carbon isotope work). (4) Acquire shipboard ADCP data (75kHz, 150kHz, and 300 kHz), from surface to bottom, for the duration of the cruise. This dataset contains CTD data from this cruise (R/V Pelican cruise PE13-27, sampled 2013-05-16 - 2013-05-18). Note that only temperature, depth, and salinity were exported from the hex files.

Suggested Citation:

Speer, Kevin. 2014. PE13 27 CTD, N. Shelf and DeSoto Canyon, May 16-18, 2013. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7K0726V

Purpose:

To determine the effect of seasonal currents, topography, and episodic oceanographic or atmospheric drivers on the transport of oil, hydrocarbon gases, sediments, and organisms from a source to sea floor and pelagic environments in the Gulf of Mexico.

Data Parameters and Units:

Pressure Digiquartz [dbar, PrDM], Salinity [Practical, PSU, Sal00], Temperature [deg C, T090C], Time [Elapsed seconds, TimeS], Beam Attenuation [1/m, Bat], beam transmission [%, Xmiss], Oxygen Saturations [Weiss ml/l, OxsatML/L, buoyancy frequency [N^2], buoyancy frequency cycles [/h N]

Individual Files: