Coastal Community Ocean Observers (C2O2) CTD data, 2014-2017

• Main Authors: Peter Winsor, Elizabeth Dobbins, Seth Danielson
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2014
• Subjects: In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD; chlorophyll-a; physical oceanography; salinity; temperature; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING; EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TEMPERATURE INDICATORS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE; community observation; community; citizen science; monitoring; community-based science; Local Traditional Knowledge; coastal ocean; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; weekly; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Beaufort Sea; Kodiak; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k458_2020_6_13_02713

This dataset consists of measurements of physical properties of the coastal water of three Alaskan communities. Samples were taken by two types of small Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) instruments - the YSI/Sontek CastAway and the RBR Concerto. Parameters measured include pressure, temperature, conductivity, and chlorophyll-a; depth, salinity, and density (as sigma-t) were calculated from these. Community members in Kaktovik (on the North Slope), Old Harbor (on Kodiak Island), and St Paul (in the Bering Sea) took measurements from a dock, small boat, or through landfast ice with the goal of acquiring weekly measurements from 2014 through October 2017. Also included is the raw data for all instruments - both the proprietary formats readable via free software from the manufactures and ASCII versions written after preliminary data processing according to manufacture's instructions.