LOPC (Laser Optical Plankton Counter) data from two MVP transects taken during PolarFront cruise 2022-05

PolarFront 2022-05 LOPC on MVP

The datasets contains particle and plankton counts in the size range 0.1 to 30 mm along two transects, obtained by a Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) mounted on a Moving Vessel Profiler (MVP).

Transect
Point
Date
UTC
Latitude
Longitude

S1
start
2022-05-20
06:57:00
74.993
29.535

S1
end
2022-05-20
16:16:00
75.894
29.916

S2
start
2022-05-23
16:03:00
75.407
28.991

S2
end
2022-05-24
03:43:00
76.722
29.5

The same instrument was also used to capture profiles on the Frankenstein rosette: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7473511.