Temperature and Salinity from CTD Data on the Fair Isle-Munken Section : Temperature and Salinity from CTD Data on the NWS-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; Munken
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7489/2036-1; https://data.marine.gov.scot/dataset/temperature-and-salinity-ctd-data-fair-isle-munken-section

This data set of CTD and/or STD profiles at stations on the Fair Isle-Munken (FIM) 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 1981. 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 = '19-Feb-2018 15:23:19' 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 Fair Isle-Munken/NWS Standard Hydrographic Section' acknowledgement = 'Please cite doi:/... ' Dimensions: pressure = 1083 station = 17 time = 157 txt = 20 Variables: time Size: 157x1 Dimensions: time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Average Time of Section' units = 'days since 1-Jan-1950' pressure Size: 1083x1 Dimensions: pressure Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Pressure/Depth' units = 'decibars' stn_order Size: 17x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Station Order on FIM Section (from Faroe Isl.)' units = 'none' lat Size: 17x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Latitude' units = 'degrees_north' lon Size: 17x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Longitude' units = 'degrees_east' bathy Size: 17x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Water Depth/Bathymetry from EMODNet Bathymetry' units = 'm (positive down)' stn_ID_num Size: 17x1 Dimensions: station Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Station Numeric ID on FIM Section' units = 'none' stn_ID_name Size: 17x20 Dimensions: station,txt Datatype: char Attributes: long_name = 'Station Name ID on FIM Section' units = 'none' cruise_ID_name Size: 157x20 Dimensions: time,txt Datatype: char Attributes: long_name = 'Cruise Identifier' units = 'none' ctd_time Size: 17x157 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Time' units = 'days since 1-Jan-1950' _FillValue = NaN ctd_lon Size: 17x157 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Longitude' units = 'degrees_east' _FillValue = NaN ctd_lat Size: 17x157 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Latitude' units = 'degrees_north' _FillValue = NaN ctd_hydronum Size: 17x157 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Hydrographic Station Number' units = 'none' _FillValue = NaN ctd_sound Size: 17x157 Dimensions: station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'CTD Cast Sounding' units = 'm (positive down)' _FillValue = NaN temp Size: 1083x17x157 Dimensions: pressure,station,time Datatype: double Attributes: long_name = 'Temperature' units = 'degrees Celsius' _FillValue = NaN sal Size