Abstract:

On-board CTD casts and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) measurements were taken in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-10-27 - 2015-10-28 aboard the R/V Pelican cruise PE16-10 (cruise doi https://doi.org/10.7284/907239) while collecting visual and acoustic data. A Sea-Bird SBE 911 CTD with processing software was used to collect data, then convert from HEX to ASCII files and average 24 Hz data over 1 meter intervals. All raw and converted files are included. Site locations are as follows: R_North (28°39.2909’N/88°31.1816’W), R_South (28°24.8963'N/88°36.9851'W), and R_West (28°24.2051’N/88°59.467’W).

Suggested Citation:

Natalia, Sidorovskaia. 2016. CTD data from Northern Gulf of Mexico collected aboard the R/V/ Pelican cruise PE16-10, 2015-10-27 - 2015-10-28. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7FB5106

Purpose:

Environmental data was collected for comparison of acoustic data collection parameters during the cruise.

Data Parameters and Units:

depth [m], fluorescence [micrograms/liter], oxygen raw [V], conductivity [S/m], sound velocity [m/s], temperature (ITS-90, [degrees C]), salinity [PSU]

Instruments:

Sea-Bird SBE 911

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