ADCP, CTD, underway, water chemistry, and mahi-mahi satellite tagging data and tracks from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 2016-09-29 to 2018-03-26 (NCEI Accession 0241708)

Submission Package ID: 9C0Y7W
data parameters and units: 1. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0049; CTD, ADCP, and underway data. Data parameters and units included are: CTD data - time(sec), latitude and longitude (decimal degrees), pressure (dBar), depth (m), temperature (degrees Celsius), temperature 2 (degrees Celsius), salinity (PSU), salinity 2 (PSU), dissolved oxygen (ml/l), oxygen saturation (ml/l), conductivity (S/m), conductivity 2 (S/m), sigmat (kg/m^3), altimeter (m), sound velocity (m/s). ADCP data - time (decimal days), latitude and longitude (decimal degrees), depth(m), ship zonal velocity (m/s), zonal velocity (m/s), ship meridional velocity (m/s), meridional velocity (ms), percent good (%), internal transducer temp (degrees Celsius), signal strength (counts), heading (degrees), pflag. Underway data - Date (MM/DD/YYYY), time (hh:mm:ss), barometric pressure (mB), pump outflow (m3/s), raw voltage (Volts), depth (depth below transducer in feet, meter and Fathoms), DisOrgMat (dissolved organic matter fluorometer), concentration (micrograms/L), gain (dimensionless), thermopile out (Volts), case temperature (K), dome temperature (K), long-wave radiation (W/m2), short-wave radiation (W/m2), ultraviolet radiation (W/m2), chlorophyll-a concentration (micrograms/L), GPS time (seconds of the week), latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes, direction), altitude (m), geoid height (m), true Heading (degrees East of North), speed over the ground (SOG, Knots), course over the ground (COG, degrees true), gyroscope bottom speed (Knots), water speed (Knots), precision infrared radiometer (PIR, W/m2), precision spectral pyranometer (PSP, W/m2), total ultraviolet radiation (TUV, W/m2), rain gauge precipitation (mm/hr), accumulative precipitation (mm), fluorometer chlorophyll-a concentration (mg/L), gain (dimensionless), dissolved organic matter concentration (micrograms/L), raw voltage (Volts), Sea-bird shipboard temperature (degrees C), debubbler pump flow (LPM, Liter/minute), output pressure (PSI/in2), pre-strainer pressure (PSI/in2), post-strainer pressure (PSI/in2), POSMV latitude and longitude (degrees, minutes, direction), barometric pressure (mb), relative wind speed (Knots), relative wind direction (degrees East of North), true wind speed (Knots), true wind direction (degrees East of North), Port RM young meteorological instrument: air temperature (degrees Celsius), relative humidity (%), conductivity (Seimens), salinity (PSU), Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM, micrograms/L), turbidity (NTU), Crude Oil, phycoerythrin, phycocyanin (micrograms/L), remote temperature (degrees Celsius), raw temperature (degrees Celsius), raw conductivity (Seimens), raw remote temperature (degrees Celsius), ThermoSalinoGraph (TSG) instrument flow (m2/s), temperature frequency (Hz), conductivity frequency (Hz), remote temperature frequency (Hz), instantaneous precipitation (mm/hr), accumulated precipitation (mm), signal strength: raw Average (dB), adaptive baseline (dB), chlorophyll-a fluorescence raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), CDOM raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), turbidity raw and calibrated (NTU), Crude Oil, phycoerythrin, phycocyanin raw and calibrated (micrograms/L), depth (m), temperature (degrees Celsius). 2. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0052; Water chemistry data derived from recovery tank on board research vessel. Data parameters and units included are: Tank ID [Two identical 5,000L revcovery tanks were used to hold Mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours], sample ID [Sample ID assigned to water sample collected for ammonia analysis], ammonia [Total ammonia measured from seawater in recovery tanks using the colorimetric indophenol blue method, micrograms/L], date [MM/DD/YYYY], time [24-hr time of day in eastern standard time, EST], tank number [Two identical 5,000L revcovery tanks were used to hold Mahi in control seawater for up to 16 hours], number of fish held in tank, temperature [Temperature of seawater in recovery tank; degrees C), pH [pH of seawater in recovery tank], dissolved oxygen [Disolved oxygen in recovery tank measured in mg/L], dissolved oxygen [Disolved oxygen in recovery tank measured in percent saturation], salinity [Salinity in recovery tank measured in parts per thousand], ammonia sample ID [Sample ID assigned to water sample collected for ammonia analysis], initials of scientist taking the water measurements, tank flushed or static [tanks were either held static or were flushed with clean seawater]. 3. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0053; Mahi-mahi tagging data. Data parameters and units included are: Station number, latitude (decimal degrees), longitude (decimal degrees), fish number, catch station id (station number), date (mm/dd/yy), time hooked (EST; HH:MM:SS), time boasted (EST; HH:MM:SS), time in tank (EST; HH:MM:SS), angling time (MM:SS), handling time (MM:SS), sex (female or male), fork length (cm), hook location, Samples collected (fin clips were non-lethal, heart samples were lethal), eye condition (1-3, excellent-poor), color (1-3, excellent-poor), activity (1-3, excellent-poor), initial condition score (3-9, excellent-poor), wounds (wounds present on mahi-mahi brought in for sampling), tank number (1-2, both tanks were 5,000 L recover tanks filled with oxygenated seawater), fate (released or died in the recovery tank), tag number, vessel captured (the R/V F.G. Walton Smith is the research vessel where fish were tagged, recovered, and released, the F/V Miss Britt was a small fishing vessel that caught additional mahi-mahi and transferred those fish to the R/V F.G. Walton Smith), comments, release station id, release notes. 4. GRIIDC dataset R4.x258.000:0054; Mahi-mahi pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) data. Data parameters and units included are: Complete Argos transmitted datasets for 16 satellite-tagged mahi-mahi. Data is organized by tag. Each folder is named after the satellite tag number and contains all of the data collected by that tag. Time in 24-hour (UTC), fish latitude and longitude (degrees and decimal minutes), temperature (Celsius), depth (meters), light (Wcm-2 at 440nm), and acceleration (g). The dataset also includes all the fish tagging information with the Argos ID, PSAT number, capture vessel, location for capture and release (latitude/longitude in degrees and decimal minutes), sex of mahi-mahi tagged, fork length of tagged mahi-mahi (cm), angling and handling time (mm:ss) and all the tagging information. A full description of the PSAT data is provided in “Explanation of PSAT folders and variables.csv”. Cruise Name/ID: Research Vessel F.G. Walton Smith cruise WS17177; Fishing Vessels Miss Britt and Triple Threat Chief scientists: Martin Grosell and Lela Schlenker from the University of Miami Submission Package ID: 9C0Y7W