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Temperature and salinity data collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V James Clark Ross cruise JR55 (EXPOCODE 74JC20001121) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2000-11-21 to 2000-12-14 (NCEI Accession 0186638)

INVESTIGATORS:
Stuart A. Cunningham - National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS)
Brian A. King - Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Center (NOC), Southampton, United Kingdom

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: This dataset includes discrete profile measurements of temperature and salinity collected during the R/V James Clark Ross cruise JR55 (EXPOCODE 74JC20001121) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2000-11-21 to 2000-12-14. Data were collected and made publicly available by WOCE/CLIVAR with National Capability funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council to the National Oceanography Centre Southampton.

CITE AS: Cunningham, Stuart A.; King, Brian A. (2019). Temperature and salinity data collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V James Clark Ross cruise JR55 (EXPOCODE 74JC20001121) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2000-11-21 to 2000-12-14 (NCEI Accession 0186638). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/9skk-v102. Accessed [date].


DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0186638
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.25921/9skk-v102
EXPOCODE: 74JC20001121;
CRUISE ID: JR55;
SECTION/LEG: Repeat Section A23;

TYPES OF STUDY:
Discrete measurement;

TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 2000-11-21
END DATE: 2000-12-14

SPATIAL COVERAGE:
NORTH: -54.6
WEST: -61.1
EAST: -54.3
SOUTH: -67.6

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
South Atlantic Ocean;Southern Ocean;

PLATFORMS:
R/V James Clark Ross (ID: 74JC);

RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
none;

VARIABLES / PARAMETERS:

CTD Temperature
Abbreviation: CTDTMP
Unit: degrees celcius
Observation type: CTD sensor
Sampling instrument: CTD
Analyzing instrument: CTD Sensor
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
CTD Salinity
Abbreviation: CTDSAL
Observation type: CTD sensor
Sampling instrument: CTD
Analyzing instrument: CTD sensor
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
Salinity
Abbreviation: SALNTY
Observation type: Discrete, bottle
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS DATASET:
none;
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
none;
FUNDING AGENCY:

SUBMITTED BY: Nico Lange (nlange@geomar.de)

SUBMISSION DATE: 2018-11-30