Particle abundances and characteristics from the video plankton profiler with matching CTD data, from casts on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1302, Feb/Mar 2013 (TRACERS project) (NCEI Accession 0278859)
This dataset contains biological, chemical, optical, and physical data collected on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer during cruise NBP1302 in the Ross Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean on 2013-02-14. These data include density, depth, dissolved Oxygen, fluorescence, salinity calculated from CTD primary sensors, sigma-t, and water temperature. The instruments used to collect these data include CTD profiler and Camera. These data were collected by Alexander B. Bochdansky of Old Dominion University as part of the "TRacing the fate of Algal Carbon Export in the Ross Sea (TRACERS)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2021-02-18.
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
ODV and CTD
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Video particle profiler (VPP) : (from Bochdansky,et al (2017) JMS)
The VPP was similar to that published in Bochdansky et al. (2010). However, instead of 45° angle lighting from both sides, side lighting with two white high-intensity LED lights was used ~7 cm in front of the lens. Some backscatter from transparent exopolymers (TEP), or from small particles embedded in that matrix, was possible using high-intensity light. The light beams were restricted using a slit width of 1 cm; however, as the light intensity dropped exponentially in the front and back of the image beam, only the brightest lit image plane was used for analysis. This method reduced bias caused by overlapping particles, removed motion blur streaks, and provided more accurate particle size estimates. At the focal plane, the field of view was 3.5 cm tall and 4.7 cm wide. The analysis program for the VPP was expanded from that in Bochdansky et al. (2010) to include more variables for particle characterization (including perimeter, volume and porosity). The VPP can record 30 images per second, with image analysis by a Linux-based image analysis program (an adapted Avidemux video editing software) at high speeds (approximately in real time after retrieval). The images were later aligned with depth from the CTD using time as the common variable and by filming a clock displaying UTC at the beginning and the end of each video sequence. In Matlab, CTD data were matched at one-second resolution with the particle data. The raw data consisted of millions of particles with associated CTD data. These raw data allow us to resample particle metrics at all scales. Particle volumes were calculated as shown in Fig. 2. Instead of assuming a specific geometric shape, the projected area of the particle on the screen (sum of white and black pixels within the perimeter of the particle) was converted into a circle that was then converted to volume. This method reduces error in volume calculations greatly because 2-dimensional information rather than 1-dimensional information is used to reconstruct volumes, thus avoiding the bias of assigning disproportionally large volumes to elongated objects. This approach is widely used in image analysis of ocean particles (e.g., Iversen et al., 2010). Total particle volume (pixel3 frame-1) was approximated by multiplying the mean volume of particles with the mean particle number.
The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:
ODV and CTD
Dataset Description:
Acquisition Description:
Video particle profiler (VPP) : (from Bochdansky,et al (2017) JMS)
The VPP was similar to that published in Bochdansky et al. (2010). However, instead of 45° angle lighting from both sides, side lighting with two white high-intensity LED lights was used ~7 cm in front of the lens. Some backscatter from transparent exopolymers (TEP), or from small particles embedded in that matrix, was possible using high-intensity light. The light beams were restricted using a slit width of 1 cm; however, as the light intensity dropped exponentially in the front and back of the image beam, only the brightest lit image plane was used for analysis. This method reduced bias caused by overlapping particles, removed motion blur streaks, and provided more accurate particle size estimates. At the focal plane, the field of view was 3.5 cm tall and 4.7 cm wide. The analysis program for the VPP was expanded from that in Bochdansky et al. (2010) to include more variables for particle characterization (including perimeter, volume and porosity). The VPP can record 30 images per second, with image analysis by a Linux-based image analysis program (an adapted Avidemux video editing software) at high speeds (approximately in real time after retrieval). The images were later aligned with depth from the CTD using time as the common variable and by filming a clock displaying UTC at the beginning and the end of each video sequence. In Matlab, CTD data were matched at one-second resolution with the particle data. The raw data consisted of millions of particles with associated CTD data. These raw data allow us to resample particle metrics at all scales. Particle volumes were calculated as shown in Fig. 2. Instead of assuming a specific geometric shape, the projected area of the particle on the screen (sum of white and black pixels within the perimeter of the particle) was converted into a circle that was then converted to volume. This method reduces error in volume calculations greatly because 2-dimensional information rather than 1-dimensional information is used to reconstruct volumes, thus avoiding the bias of assigning disproportionally large volumes to elongated objects. This approach is widely used in image analysis of ocean particles (e.g., Iversen et al., 2010). Total particle volume (pixel3 frame-1) was approximated by multiplying the mean volume of particles with the mean particle number.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Bochdansky, Alexander B. (2023). Particle abundances and characteristics from the video plankton profiler with matching CTD data, from casts on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP1302, Feb/Mar 2013 (TRACERS project) (NCEI Accession 0278859). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278859. Accessed [date].
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