Abstract:

On-board CTD casts and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) measurements were taken in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-06-24 - 2015-07-01 aboard the R/V Pelican (PE15-28) 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: North (28.65017°N/88.52767°W), North_2 (28.65133°N, 88.52300°W), South (28.41250°N/88.61800°W), Transit 1 (28. 66733°N/88.71883°W), Transit 2 (28.73183°N/88.91067°W), Transit 3 (28.77017°N/88.20100°W), Transit 4 (28.81900°N/88.51867°W), Transit 5 (28.55800°N/88.94683°W), Transit 6 (28.4083 N/88.5913°W), and West (28.39617°N/88.00167°W).

Suggested Citation:

Natalia Sidorovskaia. 2016. CTD data from Northern Gulf of Mexico collected during R/V Pelican cruise PE15-28, 2015-07-24 - 2015-07-01. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N79K488G

Purpose:

Environmental data was collected during acoustic data collection for comparison of acoustic data spatially and across platforms.

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

Provenance and Historical References:

Data are available through NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (Accession number 163324)

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