Abstract:

Five line moorings were deployed and collected data for approximately one month in fall 2015. The line moorings were instrumented with conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) and temperature sensors to collect time series of temperature, salinity, and pressure at discrete depths in the water column. Temperature data were collected at 5 m intervals in depth or finer, salinity was collected at 10 m intervals or finer, and pressure was collected at at least two depth levels. 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. Data were collected 2015-11-03 - 2015-11-30.

Suggested Citation:

Sabrina Parra, Jeffrey Book. 2018. Mixing Array CTD Line Mooring, Mississippi Bight, Fall 2015. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7PG1Q49

Purpose:

The line moorings were deployed to gather data on the temperature, salinity, and pressure throughout the water column in November 2015.

Data Parameters and Units:

All files start with time (UTC) and temperature in degrees Celsius. The following columns represent salinity in PSU and pressure in db or bars if the instrument measured these properties. Latitude (degree minutes), Longitude (degree minutes). There were three types of instruments: Vemco temperature sensors, Star Oddi temperature sensors and Seabird 37 Microcat CTD sensors.

Instruments:

Vemco temperature sensors, Star Oddi temperature sensors and Seabird 37 Microcat CTD sensors.

Individual Files: