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Title: CTD profile data from the R/V Neil Armstrong cruise AR16 in the Western North Atlantic Ocean from 2017-05-04 to 2017-05-20 (NCEI Accession 0278257)
Abstract: This dataset contains biological, chemical, optical, and physical data collected on R/V Neil Armstrong during cruise AR16 in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2017-05-04 to 2017-05-20. These data include beam attenuation, conductivity, density, depth, dissolved Oxygen, fluorescence, irradiance, salinity calculated from CTD primary sensors, sound velocity, turbidity, water pressure, and water temperature. The instruments used to collect these data include CTD Sea-Bird SBE 911plus. These data were collected by Benjamin A.S. Van Mooy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as part of the "Redox Cycling of Phosphorus in the Western North Atlantic Ocean (Phosphorus Redox Cycling)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2021-05-20.

The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO:

Standard CTD data.

Dataset Description:
SeaBird 911+ CTD processed data.
Date received: 20210520
Start date: 20170504
End date: 20170520
Seanames:
West boundary: -71.421
East boundary: -64.162
North boundary: 40.422
South boundary: 29.031
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Submitting institution: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office
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Supplementary information: Acquisition Description:
Standard CTD data collection using the Seabird software.

AR16 CTD Data collection notes.

Casts 1-10 - PAR sensor calibration numbers incorrect in .xmlcon files for each cast #

Casts 1-4 - collected with ar16_initial.xmlcon (data values really wrong)

Casts 5-10 - collected with ar16_test.xmlcon - data close, but not using the correct cal coefficients for surface par

Casts 11 onward collected with ar16.xmlcon - data correct, real calibration numbers.

***** all casts processed with the correct configuration file and calibration coefficients. The originally collected cast-associated .XMLCON files have not been deleted, but are incorrect as above for the first ten casts. If reprocessing done, use ar16.xmlcon.*****

APPROPRIATE REPROCESSING CONFIGURATION FILES AND CAST #S.
After cast 11, the associated cast# .xmlcon file is correct. Also:

ar16_casts1to47.xmlcon
ar16_casts48to60.xmlcon
ar16_casts61plus.xmlcon

can be used for the various cast ranges.

After cast 39 - changed pump on primary side to alleviate sensor clogging issues that showed up in oxygen and conductivity.

Perhaps cast 39 not ended? The .bl file time did not end until the next cast started. Replaying the cast shows the bottles firing nevertheless.

Fluorometer (FLNTURTD) started to exhibit strange drift characteristics, trending negative data, and a regular voltage spike pulse around cast 34. After troubleshooting, the cause was determinted to be failing voltage channels 0-1. The FLNTURTD (voltage 0-1) and transmissometer (voltage 2-3) cables were swapped on the 9plus CTD voltage channels after cast 47. This fixed the FLNTURTD instrument. The transmissometer was not removed from the package until after cast 60. The intervening transmissometer data should not be trusted.

Late in the cruise, the fluoromter started showing regular spiked data again (no drift). The problem was determined to be a faulty cable. As there was a no spare cable aboard for the FLNTURTD, but there was a spare cable on board for the ECO-AFL - the last three casts contain fluoromter data but none from the turbidity channel.

A zipped package of all the raw ctd and bottle data, along with the processed data and notes can be found at this link (172 MB) http://datadocs.bco-dmo.org/docs/Phosphorus_Redox_Cycling/data_docs/ar16.zip.
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