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Plumes and Blooms Data Parameter Explanations

Date

Date of data collection

Julian

Julian date

Lat

Latitude

Lon

Longitude

Nom. Depth

Nominal Depth

uTime

Time measured underway

uTemp

Temperature measured underway

uSalt

Salinity measured underway

uFluor1

Fluorescence measured underway

uFlour2

Fluorescence measured underway

uTrans

Transmitance measured underway

Bottle Pr

Depth when Bottle is fired

TimeJ

Julian time

Sal00

Salinity

PoTemp068

Potential Temperature (temp as it would be if was measured at the surface)

Sig00

Density

Sigt00

Another Density

T068

Temperature measured underway

BAT

Beam Attenuation Coefficient

Xmiss

Transmission

Fls

Fluoresence

PAR

Photosythetically Available Radiation

COS/m

Conductivity

V0

Voltage

V1

Voltage

V5

Voltage

UNUSED

unused as of yet

PO4

Phosphate

SiO2

Silicate (SO4)

NO2

Nitrite

NO3NO2

Nitrate + Nitrite

NH4

Amonia (we don't measure it anymore)

TSM1

Total Suspended Materials (measurment 1)

TSM2

Total Suspended Materials (measurment 2)

TSM3

Total Suspended Materials (measurment 3)

BSi

Biogenic Silicate

LSi

Lithogenic silicate

chla1

Chlorophyll (measurment 1)

chla2

Chlorophyll (measurment 2)

chla3

Chlorophyll (measurment 3)

phaeo1

phaoesitis (degradation product of Chlorophyll)

phaeo2

phaoesitis (measurment 2)

phaeo3

phaoesitis (measurment 3)

 

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