California Current Ecosystem LTER

CTD Downcast Data (Process Cruise)

Title
Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) sensor profile data binned by depth from stations within the CCE region from CCE LTER process cruises, 2006 - 2017 (ongoing).

Abstract
Since 2006 (ongoing), the CCE LTER program has deployed a Seabird 911 CTD mounted on a 24-bottle rosette during Process cruises in the CCE region. The CTD-rosette is lowered into the ocean (to depths up to 1000m) at selected hydrographic stations and multiple times across fronts, using the ship's conductive-wire winch. Data from many sensors are transmitted up the conductive wire and displayed real-time on a data aquistion computer. Discrete seawater samples are collected in 10L bottles at specific depths determined by the chlorophyll maximum and mixed layer depth. These samples are analyzed at sea and used to assess the CTD sensor data quality, plus measure additional properties. Processed CTD profile data are binned by depth and include: depth, temperature, salinity, density (sigma theta), oxygen, O2 saturation, PAR (radiation, surface radiation, and % irradiance), fluorescence, transmission, and nitrate. These data are then compared to the seawater sample data, and corrected if necessary.

Keywords
habitats, marine, measurements, radiation, temperature, nitrate, RAPID: Responses of the California Current Ecosystem to El Nino 2015-16

LTER Data System Record
http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/cbc9364bf0868288ab3a4250642cffee
Projects
California Current Ecosystem LTER

Creators
Goericke, Ralf (rgoericke@ucsd.edu)

Contact
CCE LTER Information Manager (ccelter.im@gmail.com)

Data

table CTDDowncastData
Main data table for dataset
Rows: 292943
Columns: 35
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Protocols


CTD General Practices
http://www.calcofi.org/references/methods.html

Files


P0810MV - CTD profile plots (19.54MB)
Zipped archive containing two sets of plots for each cycle from the cruise, Pressure vs. (Temp & Fluor & Upoly & Beam Trans) and Pressure vs. (Temp & Derived Sal. & Derived Dens. & Oxygen); produced at sea using Seabird software.

CCE-P1604 - CTD Documentation (96.50kB)
Documentation for the collection and processing of the CTD data for the P1604 process cruise

P1604 - CTD Cast Plots (0.00B)
Zipped archive containing CTD cast plos produced using Seabird software.

P1604 - CTD Cycle Contour Plots (1.22MB)
Zipped archive containing CTD contour plots of properties vs. time and depth

P1706 CTD Info (141.00kB)
Sampling / analysis / protocol information for P1706 CTD casts

P1706 CTD Contour Plots (5.39MB)
P1706 CTD contour plots

P1706 CTD Plots (22.00MB)
P1706 CTD Plots