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XBT data from Northern Gulf of Mexico October 27- 28, 2015

Authors: Carl Richter, Natalia Sidorovskaia
Published On: May 26 2016 16:06 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N78K773N
UDI: R4.x261.231:0004
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center - Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM)

Point of Contact

Natalia Sidorovskaia
University of Louisiana at Lafayette / Department of Physics
nas@louisiana.edu

Data Collection Period
2015-10-27
to
2015-10-28
Theme keywords

Temperature, sound speed profiles

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Abstract:

On-board expendable bathythermograph (XBT) measurements were taken in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from October 27-28, 2015 aboard the R/V Pelican while collecting visual and acoustic data. A Lockheed Martin Sippican MK21 with a hand-held launcher was used to collect temperature profiles for sound speed profile calculation.

Suggested Citation:

Carl Richter, Natalia Sidorovskaia. 2016. XBT data from Northern Gulf of Mexico October 27- 28, 2015. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N78K773N

Purpose:

Temperature profiles were collected to calculate sound speed profiles which will be used to determine sound propagation parameters during cetacean acoustic data collection.

Data Parameters and Units:

File contains a spreadsheet describing each text file including site, date (dd-Mon-yr), time (local CST), latitude (DD MM.mm), longitude (DD MM.mm), and serial number (corresponds to the text file name). Each text file contains the following variables: time (seconds from deployment), resistance (ohms), depth (m), temperature (degrees celsius), and calculated sound speed (m/s).

Instruments:

Lockheed Martin Sippican MK21 with a hand-held launcher

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