chl
PI: Jan Newton and James Murray
dataset: CTD Fluorometric chlorophyll a and total phaeopigment
project/cruise: EQPAC/TT011
ship: Thomas Thompson
EqPac bottle quality review summary from DMO
Parameter Description Units
event event/operation number from event log
sta station number from event log
cast CTD cast number from event log
bot CTD rosette bottle number
depth_n nominal sample depth meters
fluor_vol_filt volume of sample filtered liters
scale sensitivity scale on the fluorometer
df door factor; true value of sensitivity scale
B undefined
Fo original fluorometer reading
Fa fluorometer reading after 2 drops 1N HCL
chl_a_fluor chlorophyll a; fluorometric method micrograms/liter
phaeo total phaeopigment micrograms/liter
Fo_to_Fa Fo to Fa ratio. ranges between
max. 2.10, all chlorophyll-a no Phaeopigment
min. 1.00, no chlorophyll-a all Phaeopigment