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 (PS16-20, cruise DOI https:\\doi.org/10.7284/909384). 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 2016-03-30 and 2016-04-11. Quarter meter binned profiles and bottle files are published 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 during R/V Point Sur cruise PS16-20, 2016-03-30 - 2016-04-11. Distributed by: 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 [MM DD YYYY] Time [HH:MM:SS]; Pressure, Digiquartz [dbar]; 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]; Chlorophyll fuorescence, 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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