Water temperature, salinity, and optical properties from an Acrobat towed vehicle during cruises for the Northern Gulf of Alaska LTER site, 2018 and 2019

• Main Authors: Seth Danielson, Hank Statscewich
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2020
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water; sea_water_density; time; longitude; latitude; depth; sea_water_pressure; sea_water_salinity; sea_water_temperature; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > CTD; In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS > SHIPS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; chlorophyll-a; salinity; temperature; Northern Gulf of Alaska Long Term Ecological Research; NGA LTER; lter-nga; oceans; density; chlorophyll a; CTD; water temperature; LTER Controlled Vocabulary; LTER Core Areas; Disturbance Patterns; backscatter; CDOM; Acrobat; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; nanuq; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k471_20201030T194922Z

This data set consists of underway data collected by a towed, underwater vehicle during cruises in the Gulf of Alaska. The vehicle is an Acrobat, a winged instrument platform that cycles between the surface and 60 m as it is towed behind a ship traveling at speeds of 5–8 knots. It is equipped with a...