MOOS Upper-Water-Column Science Experiment (MUSE)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: MBARI MUSE Data Team
Publication_Date: 20010901
Title: MOOS Upper-Water-Column Science Experiment (MUSE)
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: section
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Moss Landing, CA, USA
Publisher: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
Online_Linkage: www.mbari.org
Description:
Abstract:
A ship-towed, undulating vehicle equipped with CTD, bio-optical and chemical sensors was used for MUSE. The Sea Sciences Inc. Acrobat LTV-50 vehicle was equipped with a Falmouth Scientific Instruments Micro CTD 3", a SeaTech Light Scattering Sensor, and a WetLabs WetStar Fluorometer. These data were used to study 3-dimensional physical, chemical and biological structure in upwelling ecosystems and temporal variability driven by short term wind events.
Purpose: These data were collected for oceanographic research.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20000819
Beginning_Time: 05365600Z
Ending_Date: 20000830
Ending_Time: 13403800Z
Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.9
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: +37.2
South_Bounding_Coordinate: +36.5
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: towfish
Theme_Keyword: fluoresence
Theme_Keyword: temperature
Theme_Keyword: backscatter
Theme_Keyword: salinity
Theme_Keyword: density
Theme_Keyword: upwelling
Theme_Keyword: resuspension
Theme_Keyword: fronts
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: California
Place_Keyword: CA
Place_Keyword: North Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Northern Pacific Ocean
Place_Keyword: Monterey Bay
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: Upper Water Column
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: August
Temporal_Keyword: 2000
Access_Constraints:
Description and Ownership of Data. This CD-ROM and the data are provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) for research and educational purposes only.
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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Francisco Chavez
Contact_Organization: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Contact_Position: Science Principal Investigator
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 7700 Sandholdt Road
City: Moss Landing
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95039-9644
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-775-1700
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 831-775-1620
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cdrom@mbari.org
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 M-F Pacific Time
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
The corresponding data file is called Towfish.txt. It is a compilation of all the data taken by the undulating towfish from August 19-30.
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: N/A
Completeness_Report: N/A
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Publication_Date: 20010901
Title: R/V New Horizon Towfish
Edition: 1.0
Online_Linkage: www.mbari.org
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Beginning_Date: 20000801
Ending_Date: 20000831
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: towfish
Source_Contribution: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data in each record are assumed to be actual for the time period of collection. The FSI CTD software collected data at a high frequency (3.03 Hz). A program was written to merge the GPS position data and average the high frequency data to 3.03 second periods (10 scans), hence the .Avg extension. The Towfish.txt file contains data from the undulating towfish. The following corrections have been performed on the data:

Salinity-correct = Salinity - 0.042; Offset detected in vertical profiles Fluorometer-correct = Fluorometer/4096; Converts A/D counts to volts Fluorometer-match = 18 * Fluorometer-correct; To match the FlS column in the UCTD file, which is close to a measure of chlorophyll in ug/l

A perl script (nh2odv.pl) produced a tab-demilited file and quality flags were assigned by the script where gross outliers are identified as bad. (A copy of this program is placed here for reference.) This file was created by separating the corrected Towfish data from the corrected UCTD data.

Process_Date: 20000831
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Contact_Person: Mike McCann
Contact_Organization: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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Address: 7700 Sandholdt Rd.
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State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95039
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-775-1700
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Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
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Depth_Resolution: 0.001
Depth_Distance_Units: Decibars
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entity_Type_Definition: Towfish measurements
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Attribute_Definition: Date (Universal Coordinated Time).
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 08/30/2000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: mm/dd/yyyy
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: Longitude in decimal degrees.
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bad
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TEMPERATURE [°C]
Attribute_Definition: Temperature.
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Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 30
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: degrees Celsius
Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 0.001
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SALINTY [PSS78]
Attribute_Definition: Salinity
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Attribute_Label: NITRATE [µmol/kg]
Attribute_Definition:
Nitrate concentration (This is a place holder for when nitrate data becomes available)
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Address: 7700 Sandholdt Road
City: Moss Landing
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Country: USA
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