Temperature and Salinity from CTD Data on the Faroe-Cape Wrath Section : Temperature and Salinity from CTD Data on the NWZ-section

• Main Author: Berx Barbara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Scotland Science 2018
• Subjects: Practical salinity of the water body by CTD and computation using UNESCO 1983 algorithm; Temperature ITS-90 of the water body by CTD or STD; Faroe Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/12055-1; https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/temperature-and-salinity-ctd-data-faroe-cape-wrath-section

This data set of CTD and/or STD profiles at stations on the Faroe-Cape Wrath (FCW) hydrographic section has been collected on cruises under many different projects and programmes undertaken by Marine Scotland, the Faroe Marine Research Institute and the University of Hamburg since 2009. After initial quality assurance by the data originator, the individual CTD/STD profiles at stations on the section have been grouped together to form sections from Shetland to the Faroe Islands, at specific time intervals. Where stations were skipped or sections incomplete, a fill value has been applied. : The temperature and conductivity (salinity) data have been screened by the data originator for spikes and other erroneous values and these have been removed. The originator has also calibrated the conductivity/salinity sensor using salinity samples collected at sea. Salinity has been calculated using UNESCO 1983 algorithm. Format: netcdf4 Global Attributes: creation_date = '23-Oct-2017 09:59:36' creator_name = 'Bee Berx, Marine Scotland Science' creator_email = '[e-mail]' project_name = 'Faroe-Shetland Channel Transport Mooring Array' summary = 'Temperature and Salinity on the Faroe-Cape Wrath/NWZ Standard Hydrographic Section' acknowledgement = 'Please cite doi:/... ' Dimensions: pressure = 1226 station = 19 time = 33 txt = 20 Variables: time Size: 33x1 Dimensions: time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Average Time of Section' units = 'days since 1-Jan-1950' pressure Size: 1226x1 Dimensions: pressure Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Pressure/Depth' units = 'decibars' stn_order Size: 19x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Station Order on FCW Section (from Faroe Isl.)' units = 'none' lat Size: 19x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Latitude' units = 'degrees_north' lon Size: 19x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Longitude' units = 'degrees_east' bathy Size: 19x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Water Depth/Bathymetry from EMODNet Bathymetry' units = 'm (positive down)' stn_ID_num Size: 19x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Station Numeric ID on FCW Section' units = 'none' stn_ID_name Size: 19x20 Dimensions: station,txt Datatype: char Attributes: long_name = 'Station Name ID on FCW Section' units = 'none' cruise_ID_name Size: 33x20 Dimensions: time,txt Datatype: char Attributes: long_name = 'Cruise Identifier' units = 'none' ctd_time Size: 19x33 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Time' units = 'days since 1-Jan-1950' _FillValue = NaN ctd_lon Size: 19x33 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Longitude' units = 'degrees_east' _FillValue = NaN ctd_lat Size: 19x33 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Latitude' units = 'degrees_north' _FillValue = NaN ctd_hydronum Size: 19x33 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Hydrographic Station Number' units = 'none' _FillValue = NaN ctd_sound Size: 19x33 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Sounding' units = 'm (positive down)' _FillValue = NaN temp Size: 1226x19x33 Dimensions: pressure,station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Temperature' units = 'degrees Celsius' _FillValue = NaN sal Size: