Data Directory

Sediment Trap

Instructions for Downloading Sediment Trap Data

Project: Global export and recycling of biogenic material into the ocean interior; A synthesis
Project Description
PI: Susumu Honjo and Roger Francois
Technician: Steve Manganini and Julie Palmieri

The entire global sediment trap data set, which includes annual and time-series flux data from all trap locations, is available for download. Click here to download the data packaged into a single .tar file.

To unpack the data files after download:
  1. Copy the downloaded file to a subdirectory into which the files can be unpacked.
  2. Issue this command on most unix/linux systems (or variant for your OS):
    tar -xvf USJGOFS_SMP_sed_traps.tar
The archive includes these files:
  • sed_traps_ann_flux.dat   which is all of the annual flux sediment trap data (~ 25 MB)
  • sed_traps_ts_flux.dat   which is all of the time-series flux sediment trap data
 


 

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