John M. Morrison 15 August 1995
TN039 -- JGOFS Arabian Sea Process Training and Calibration Cruise:
General Comments:
This "readme" file pertains to the CTD data collected during RV T.G.
Thompson cruise TN039. This cruise took advantage of the sampling
and training opportunities provided by the Thompson's transit leg
from Singapore to Oman. The purposes of this cruise included:
1) testing equipment and methods that would be used on the subsequent
JGOFS Arabian Sea process cruises,
2) finalizing the hydrographic and data-processing protocols that would be
used on subsequent JGOFS Arabian Sea process cruises,
3) training participants from Pakistan and Oman,
4) collecting as much data as possible to extend the temporal and spatial
coverage of the time-series observations included in the JGOFS Arabian
Sea process study.
The stations from which the data was deemed unrecoverable are listed as
follows:
stations deleted
cruise tn039 sta 4 cast 1
cruise tn039 sta 6 cast 1
cruise tn039 sta 6 cast 2
stations truncated
Deleted data below 1000 db, sta 21 cast 2
Deleted data below 3000 db, sta 21 cast 3
Digital dissolved oxygen, transmissometer and fluoruometer data were also
collected on the CTD, but are not reported here as we have not calibrated
this data.
The raw data files may be requested from:
DR.JOHN M. MORRISON
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE, EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
JORDAN HALL RM. 1125
BOX 8208
RALEIGH, NC 27695-8208
EMAIL: John_Morrison@NCSU.EDU
PHONE: 919-515-7449
CTD Calibration:
On this cruise, three different CTD configurations were used. The processing
and calibration information for each of the configurations are given below: