CTD data from the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank on the R/V Columbus Iselin and R/V Endeavor, 1994-1995, as part of the US GLOBEC Georges Bank Process Study (NCEI Accession 0278772)
This dataset contains chemical, optical, and physical data collected on R/V Columbus Iselin and R/V Endeavor during cruises CI9407, EN259, EN260, EN262, EN264, EN266, EN267I, EN267II, and EN269 in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1994-05-25 to 1995-07-12. These data include dissolved Oxygen, light transmission (volts), salinity calculated from CTD primary sensors, water pressure, and water temperature. The instruments used to collect these data include CTD Neil Brown Mark III, CTD Neil Brown Mark III plus TAPS, and CTD profiler. These data were collected by Dr Richard Limeburner of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the "U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GB)" project and "U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics (U.S. GLOBEC)" program. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2019-01-30.
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank, 1994-1995.
Dataset Description:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank
Contributor:
Richard Limeburner
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Dataset:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank
NOTE:
These data sets should be considered preliminary. A cursory quality review has been performed and the results of this review are tabulated below on a cruise by cruise basis.
CHARLES ISELIN CRUISE 9407, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
GENERAL COMMENT: THIS DATA SET IS OF POOR QUALITY, USE "CAUTION".
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CASTS 96 AND 98 CONTAIN ONLY A SURFACE DATA CYCLE. FILES DELETED. 3..OXYGEN BAD ALL CASTS. REPLACED WITH -9..
4..SALINITY IS NOISY. SOME CASTS WORSE THEN OTHERS. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP. USE WITH CAUTION.
5..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. CASTS 68 - 99 SHOW A ONE VOLT OFFSET FROM CASTS 1-68. CALIBRATION PROBLEM? USE WITH CAUTION. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP SPIKES.
6..FLUORESCENCE. CASTS 68 - 99 SHOW A TWO VOLT OFFSET FROM CASTS 1 - 68. CALIBRATION PROBLEM? USE WITH CAUTION. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP SPIKES.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 259, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION WAS EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..NO CTD CAST 20. APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF MIS-NUMBERING.
3..CTD CAST 13 HAS ONLY ONE DATA CYCLE, SURFACE VALUE. FILE DELETED.
4..CTD CAST 27. THE DATA REPORTED FOR CAST 27 IS THE EXACT SAME AS FOR CAST 28. THE FILE FOR CAST 27 DELETED.
5..CTD CAST 29. FLUOROMETER DATA BAD ENTIRE CAST, REPLACED WITH -9.0 BAD/MISSING DATA INDICATOR.
6..CTD CAST 30. TRANSMISSOMETER DATA, DATA SPIKE AT 274 DECIBARS. REPLACED WITH -9.0.
7..OXYGEN DISPLAYS OCCASIONAL DATA SPIKES AND SHIFTS EXTENDING OVER MORE THEN ONE DECIBAR. NO ACTION TAKEN
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 260, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION WAS EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 26, 27 AND 28 MISSING.
3..OXYGEN DISPLAYS OCCASIONAL DATA SPIKES EXTENDING OVER MORE THEN ONE DECIBAR (CAST 13 AT 110 DECIBARS, AND CAST 16 AT 41 DECIBARS). NO ACTION TAKEN.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 262, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 20, AND 21. ALL OXYGEN VALUES BAD. REPLACED WITH -9..
3..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. ONE DECIBAR DATA SPIKES REMOVED FROM CAST 2, 5 AND 23, SURFACE VALUES. A ONE DECIBAR SPIKE REMOVED FROM CAST 21 AT 14 DECIBARS.
4..FLUORESCENCE. DATA SPIKE REMOVED FROM CAST 21 AT 14 DECIBARS.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 264, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 29, 30, 32, AND 34 MISSING.
3..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. ONE DECIBAR DATA SPIKES REMOVED FROM CAST 2 AT 10M, AND CAST 23 AT 88M.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 266, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..DATA FOR CAST NUMBERS 22, AND 23 MISSING.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 267 LEG 1, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..DATA FOR CAST NUMBERS 4, 98, AND 103 MISSING.
3..CAST 1 AND 81 ALL VALUES REMOVED FROM LAST DATA CYCLE DUE TO DATA SPIKES.
4..FLUORESCENCE. DATA OFF SCALE ON THE HIGH SIDE. SEVERAL CASTS EXCEED THE MAX. OF VALUE OF 5 VOLTS.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 267 LEG 2, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..ONE DECIBAR SALINITY SPIKES REMOVED FROM STATION 210 at 24m, 214 at 16m and 217 at 4m.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 269, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST 30, FLUORESCENCE DATA SPIKE AT 69 METERS REMOVED.
3..OXYGEN VERY NOISY (LARGE NUMBER OF SPIKES). NO ACTION TAKEN. USE WITH CAUTION.
updated: November 16, 2005; gfh
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank, 1994-1995.
Dataset Description:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank
Contributor:
Richard Limeburner
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Dataset:
Process Study CTD data, Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank
NOTE:
These data sets should be considered preliminary. A cursory quality review has been performed and the results of this review are tabulated below on a cruise by cruise basis.
CHARLES ISELIN CRUISE 9407, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
GENERAL COMMENT: THIS DATA SET IS OF POOR QUALITY, USE "CAUTION".
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CASTS 96 AND 98 CONTAIN ONLY A SURFACE DATA CYCLE. FILES DELETED. 3..OXYGEN BAD ALL CASTS. REPLACED WITH -9..
4..SALINITY IS NOISY. SOME CASTS WORSE THEN OTHERS. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP. USE WITH CAUTION.
5..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. CASTS 68 - 99 SHOW A ONE VOLT OFFSET FROM CASTS 1-68. CALIBRATION PROBLEM? USE WITH CAUTION. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP SPIKES.
6..FLUORESCENCE. CASTS 68 - 99 SHOW A TWO VOLT OFFSET FROM CASTS 1 - 68. CALIBRATION PROBLEM? USE WITH CAUTION. NO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN UP SPIKES.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 259, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION WAS EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..NO CTD CAST 20. APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF MIS-NUMBERING.
3..CTD CAST 13 HAS ONLY ONE DATA CYCLE, SURFACE VALUE. FILE DELETED.
4..CTD CAST 27. THE DATA REPORTED FOR CAST 27 IS THE EXACT SAME AS FOR CAST 28. THE FILE FOR CAST 27 DELETED.
5..CTD CAST 29. FLUOROMETER DATA BAD ENTIRE CAST, REPLACED WITH -9.0 BAD/MISSING DATA INDICATOR.
6..CTD CAST 30. TRANSMISSOMETER DATA, DATA SPIKE AT 274 DECIBARS. REPLACED WITH -9.0.
7..OXYGEN DISPLAYS OCCASIONAL DATA SPIKES AND SHIFTS EXTENDING OVER MORE THEN ONE DECIBAR. NO ACTION TAKEN
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 260, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION WAS EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 26, 27 AND 28 MISSING.
3..OXYGEN DISPLAYS OCCASIONAL DATA SPIKES EXTENDING OVER MORE THEN ONE DECIBAR (CAST 13 AT 110 DECIBARS, AND CAST 16 AT 41 DECIBARS). NO ACTION TAKEN.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 262, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 20, AND 21. ALL OXYGEN VALUES BAD. REPLACED WITH -9..
3..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. ONE DECIBAR DATA SPIKES REMOVED FROM CAST 2, 5 AND 23, SURFACE VALUES. A ONE DECIBAR SPIKE REMOVED FROM CAST 21 AT 14 DECIBARS.
4..FLUORESCENCE. DATA SPIKE REMOVED FROM CAST 21 AT 14 DECIBARS.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 264, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST NUMBERS 29, 30, 32, AND 34 MISSING.
3..LIGHT TRANSMISSION. ONE DECIBAR DATA SPIKES REMOVED FROM CAST 2 AT 10M, AND CAST 23 AT 88M.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 266, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..DATA FOR CAST NUMBERS 22, AND 23 MISSING.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 267 LEG 1, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..DATA FOR CAST NUMBERS 4, 98, AND 103 MISSING.
3..CAST 1 AND 81 ALL VALUES REMOVED FROM LAST DATA CYCLE DUE TO DATA SPIKES.
4..FLUORESCENCE. DATA OFF SCALE ON THE HIGH SIDE. SEVERAL CASTS EXCEED THE MAX. OF VALUE OF 5 VOLTS.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 267 LEG 2, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..ONE DECIBAR SALINITY SPIKES REMOVED FROM STATION 210 at 24m, 214 at 16m and 217 at 4m.
ENDEAVOR CRUISE 269, CTD DATA QUALITY REVIEW
1..CAST SAMPLING INFORMATION EDITED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENT LOG. DATES AND TIMES ARE REPORTED AS GMT.
2..CAST 30, FLUORESCENCE DATA SPIKE AT 69 METERS REMOVED.
3..OXYGEN VERY NOISY (LARGE NUMBER OF SPIKES). NO ACTION TAKEN. USE WITH CAUTION.
updated: November 16, 2005; gfh
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Limeburner, Richard (2023). CTD data from the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank on the R/V Columbus Iselin and R/V Endeavor, 1994-1995, as part of the US GLOBEC Georges Bank Process Study (NCEI Accession 0278772). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278772. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1994-05-25 to 1995-07-12 |
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South: 40.285
North: 42.366
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