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Temperature and salinity data collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V James Clark Ross cruise JR306 (EXPOCODE 74JC20150110) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2015-01-10 to 2015-01-22 (NCEI Accession 0186639)

INVESTIGATORS:
Yvonne Firing - Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Center (NOC), Southampton, United Kingdom
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 JR306 (EXPOCODE 74JC20150110) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2015-01-10 to 2015-01-22. Data were collected and made publicly available by GO-SHIP program with National Capability funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council to the National Oceanography Centre Southampton.

CITE AS: Firing, Yvonne; King, Brian A. (2019). Temperature and salinity data collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V James Clark Ross cruise JR306 (EXPOCODE 74JC20150110) in the South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean from 2015-01-10 to 2015-01-22 (NCEI Accession 0186639). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wm09-9g58. Accessed [date].


DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0186639
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.25921/wm09-9g58
EXPOCODE: 74JC20150110;
CRUISE ID: JR306;
SECTION/LEG: Repeat Section A21;

TYPES OF STUDY:
Discrete measurement;

TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 2015-01-10
END DATE: 2015-01-22

SPATIAL COVERAGE:
NORTH: -54.7
WEST: -58.1
EAST: -54.5
SOUTH: -61.2

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:
UK Natural Environment Research Council
PROJECT TITLE:
PROJECT ID:

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

SUBMISSION DATE: 2018-11-30