Table 1 Parameters included in ship-based CTD profile data file.
From: Active and passive organic carbon fluxes during a bloom in the Southern Ocean (South Georgia)
Parameter | Column header | Unit | No. profiles |
|---|---|---|---|
Event | Event | N/A | — |
DateTime | Date/Time | YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss | — |
Latitude | Latitude | degrees North | — |
Longitude | Longitude | degrees East | — |
Site | Site | N/A | — |
Depth | Depth water [m] (Barometer, Paroscientific, Di…) | metres | — |
Temperature | Temp [°C] (Temperature sensor, SEA-BIRD…) | degrees C | 27 |
Salinity | Sal (PSU, Conductivity sensor, SEA…) | PSU | 27 |
SigmaTheta | Sigma-theta [kg/m**3] (Calculated according to UNESC…) | kg m−3 | 27 |
Dissolved oxygen | O2 [µmol/l] (Dissolved Oxygen Sensor, Sea-…) | μmol L−1 | 27 |
Dissolved oxygen saturation | O2 sat [%] (Calculated according to UNESC…) | % | 27 |
Photosynthetically active radiation | PAR [µE/m**2/s] (PAR sensor, Biospherical, LI-…) | Photons m−2 s−1 | 19 |
Turbidity | beta700 [m/sr] (Scattering meter, WET Labs, E…) | m sr−1 | 20 |
Attenuation | Attenuation [1/m] (Transmissometer, WET Labs, C-…) | m−1 | 20 |
Nitrate | [NO3]- [µmol/l] (Colorimetric analysis) | μmol L−1 | 15 |
Phosphate | [PO4]3- [µmol/l] (Colorimetric analysis) | μmol L−1 | 15 |
Silicate | Si(OH)4 [µmol/l] (Colorimetric analysis) | μmol L−1 | 15 |
Particulate organic carbon | POC [µmol/l] (Organic Elemental Analyzer, T…) | mg C m−3 | 13 |
Dissipation 1 | Diss rate [W/kg] (shear 150–300 m and strain 20…) | W kg−1 | 14 |
Diffusivity 1 | K rho [m**2/s] (shear 150–300 m and strain 20…) | m−2 s−1 | 14 |
Dissipation 2 | Diss rate [W/kg] (shear 70–200 m and strain 30-…) | W kg−1 | 14 |
Diffusivity 2 | K rho [m**2/s] (shear 70–200 m and strain 30-…) | m−2 s−1 | 14 |
Chlorophyll-a | Chl a [mg/m**3] (Fluorometer, Chelsea Instrume…) | mg m−3 | 27 |
Net primary productivity | NPP C [mmol/m**3/day] (Liquid scintillation counter,…) | mmol C m−3 d−1 | 8 |
Dissolved organic carbon | DOC [µmol/l] (High Temperature Catalytic Ox…) | μmol L−1 | 1 |
DOC flux | DOC flux [mg/m**2/day] (Calculated) | mg C m−2 d−1 | 1 |
Ambient leucine assimilation | Leu upt rate [pmol/l/h] (Radioassays, liquid scintilla…) | pmol L−1 h−1 | 6 |
Bacterial cell count | Bact [#/ml] (Flow cytometer, Becton Dickin…) | cells mL−1 | 6 |
