Cloud amount/frequency, TRANSMISSIVITY and other data from LE NOROIT in the TOGA Area - Pacific from 1991-08-20 to 1991-09-10 (NODC Accession 9300033)

The Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD); and Bottle data were collected in TOGA Area - Pacific (30 N to 30 S) as part of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE). Data was collected from Ship LE NOROIT cruise 156E-1. The data was collected over a period spanning from August 20, 1991 to September 10, 1991. Data was submitted in two diskettes by the principle investigator Ms. Sharon De Carlo, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. 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.