CFL 0803 - Beaufort Sea CTD data

• Main Authors: Gratton Yves, Lago Véronique, Sévigny Caroline
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2011
• Subjects: Beaufort Sea; CTD profiles; Conductivity; Fluorescence; Nitrates; Oxygen; Photosynthetically available radiation PAR; Salinity; Temperature; Transmittance; International Polar Year-The Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study; Canada; Amundsen Gulf; International Polar Year
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/1499; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=1499

The CTD data was obtained during the 2007-2008 scientific cruise #0803 within the framework of the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Study (CFL). This program included a year round sampling expedition to study the air-sea interactions occurring in the ice-free sections of the southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf. The data were collected from April 26 to June 4, 2008, aboard the CCGS Amundsen. There were 144 CTD casts, associated to 29 stations (including 9 ice-drifts), located in the Beaufort Sea research area. The following parameters were measured: temperature, conductivity and pressure (with a Sea-Bird SBE-9plus), dissolved oxygen (Sea-Bird SBE-43), pH (Sea-Bird SBE-18-I), fluorescence (Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer), nitrate concentration (Satlantic MBARI-ISUS 5T), transmittance (Wetlabs C-Star transmissometer), light intensity (PAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2300) and surface light intensity (sPAR; Biospherical Instruments QCP2200). Quality control procedures were applied to the data. Data are available on the Polar Data Catalogue and at the Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. : Purpose: The physical data are one of the tools used to characterize the water masses and, to some extent, the water circulation in the Beaufort Sea. : Summary: Not Applicable