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ADCP, CTD, and continuous data from the Multiple Instrument Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) collected in the Southeast of the Mississippi River Delta aboard R/V Pelican from 2012-11-28 to 2012-12-19 (NCEI Accession 0172043)
2018-08-02
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This dataset contains shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiles (ADCP) data from a 75khz profiler, vertical profiles of measurements made from a CTD/Rosette system and continuous data from the Multiple Instrument Data Acquisition System (MIDAS). These ancillary data gives additional information about the physical state of the ocean during the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR) G03 cruise aboard R/V Pelican held from November 28 to December 20, 2012.
This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Related Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Related Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC)
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AIR TEMPERATURE
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CHLOROPHYLL
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CURRENT SPEED
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FLUORESCENCE
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OXYGEN
PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR)
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WATER TEMPERATURE
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ADCP
CTD
fluorometer
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pressure sensor
transmissometer
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continuous
current measurements
in situ
profile
underway
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NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS
R/V Pelican
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH)
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC)
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Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic Ocean
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oceanography
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2012-09-15
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WHOI > WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION
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Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR)
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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > IRRADIANCE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
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Beam transmission
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY
Integral tracer concentration
PAR irradiance
Sea water temperature
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ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS
NISKIN BOTTLES
PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors
PRESSURE SENSORS > PRESSURE SENSORS
TRANSMISSOMETERS
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C-Star Transmissometer
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PELICAN (call sign: WSK3051, ICES code: 32PE, 1985)
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R/V Pelican
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OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
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Cite as: Ledwell, James (2018). ADCP, CTD, and continuous data from the Multiple Instrument Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) collected in the Southeast of the Mississippi River Delta aboard R/V Pelican from 2012-11-28 to 2012-12-19 (NCEI Accession 0172043). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0172043. Accessed [date].
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Hydrographic and chemical measurements from the GISR: G03 Tracer Sampling Survey Southeast of the Mississipi River Delta in Nov-Dec 2012
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Shipboard ADCP measurements from the GISR: G03 Tracer Sampling Survey Southeast of the Mississippi River Delta in Nov-Dec 2012
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Near-surface oceanographic and meteorological measurements from the GISR: G03 Tracer Sampling Survey Southeast of the Mississipi River Delta in Nov-Dec 2012
2013
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https://doi.org/10.7266/n7x63jxq
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James Ledwell
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Dispersion of a tracer in the deep Gulf of Mexico
2016
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc011405
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James Ledwell
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
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R. He
North Carolina State University
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Z. Xue
Louisiana State University
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S. F. DiMarco
Texas A&M University
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L. Spencer
Texas A&M University
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P. Chapman
Texas A&M University
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
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2012-11-28
2012-12-19
Data Parameters and Units: Depth (m), Integral tracer concentration (nmol m^-2), Atmospheric Pressure (db), Water Temperature (deg-C), Air Temperature ((deg-C), Conductivity (S/m), Salinity (PSU), Beam Transmission (%), Fluorescence (ug/l), Oxygen (ml/l), PAR Irradiance (μEinsteins/m2.sec), Relative Humidity (%), Wind Speed (Knots), Wind Direction (Deg-True)
Cruise ID: PE-1315
Submission Package ID: B49PCY
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Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE (measured);
Units: db;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY (measured);
Units: %;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED (measured);
Units: knot;
Observation Category: underway;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION (measured);
Units: Deg-True;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE (measured);
Units: degrees Celsius;
Observation Category: continuous;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY (measured);
Units: S/m;
Observation Category: profile;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE (measured);
Units: degrees Celsius;
Observation Category: profile;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY (measured);
Units: psu;
Observation Category: profile;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE (measured);
Units: ug/l;
Observation Category: continuous;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Chemical Meters/Analyzers > FLUOROMETERS.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN (measured);
Units: ml/l;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (measured);
Units: n/a;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: PAR Sensor.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL (measured);
Units: n/a;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: Niskin Bottle.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY (measured);
Units: n/a;
Observation Category: current measurements;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > Acoustic Sounder > ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION (measured);
Units: n/a;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Photon/Optical Detectors > TRANSMISSOMETERS.
Parameter or Variable: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > IRRADIANCE (measured);
Units: PAR Irradiance μEinsteins/m2.sec;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: Depth (measured);
Units: meter;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > PRESSURE SENSORS.
Parameter or Variable: Integral tracer concentration (measured);
Units: nmol m^-2;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: Sea water temperature (measured);
Units: degrees Celsius;
Observation Category: profile;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth.
Parameter or Variable: Air pressure (measured);
Units: n/a;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: Pressure Sensor.
Parameter or Variable: AIR TEMPERATURE (measured);
Units: degrees Celsius;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: n/a.
Parameter or Variable: PAR Irradiance (measured);
Units: μEinsteins/m2.sec;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Photon/Optical Detectors > PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors.
Parameter or Variable: Beam Transmission (measured);
Units: %;
Observation Category: in situ;
Sampling Instrument: C-Star Transmissometer.
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ADCP
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile.
As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements.
CTD
CTD
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe
fluorometer
fluorometer
fluorometer
Niskin bottle
Niskin bottle
Device for obtaining samples of seawater at a specific depth
Why special entry for Niskin bottle but no entry for Nansen bottle?
PAR Sensor
PAR Sensor
Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensor
The PAR sensor measures global solar radiation from 400 to 700 nm, which approximates the spectral band active in photosynthesis. The response of the instrument falls sharply to zero on either side of this band, and between 400 and 670 nm it increases monotonically from about 50% to 100%. There is no protective glass dome over the receiving surface. Irradiance from the sun passes through a small white visible bandpass filter/diffuser in the shape of a horizontal disk at the top of the instrument. Within the instrument radiation is directed through a series of colored glass filters and onto a silicon photodiode detector. The factory-supplied calibration converts the signal from the detector to a flux of photons in micro-mole (of photons) s-1 m-2. (One micro-mole equals 6.022 E17 photons.) For the solar spectrum, these units may be converted to watts per square meter by dividing by 4.6.
(http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/instrument/par.htm)
pressure sensor
pressure sensor
GCMD instruments - In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > PRESSURE SENSORS
ASFA Thesaurus - pressure sensors
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transmissometer
transmissometer
transmissometer
Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022.
R/V Pelican
Flag: United States
Title: R/V
Vessel Type: Research Survey
IMO: 8517009
DOB: 198505
Institution: LUMCON/UNOLS