Cloud amount/frequency, NITRATE and other data from SPRIGHTLY, FRANKLIN and SOELA from 1982-07-08 to 1990-12-11 (NODC Accession 9300146)

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and other data were collected in NE Pacific (limit-180) as part of Global Ocean Data Archeaology and Rescue (GODAR) project project. Data was collected from R/V FRANKLIN, SOELA, and SPRIGHTLY. The data was collected over a period spanning from July 8, 1982 to December 11, 1990. Data was submitted in three tapes by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Tasmania, Australia. Data has been processed and is available in F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format of NODC.

F022 High-resolution CTD data is collected from high resolution (conductivity-temperature-depth) instruments. As they are lowered and raised in the oceans, these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature, salinity and other parameters. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1 m. Cruise and instrument information, position, date, time and sampling interval are reported for each station. Environmental data at the time of the cast (meteorological and sea surface conditions) may also be reported. The data record comprises values of temperature, salinity or conductivity, density (computed sigma-t) and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels. Data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals.

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