Profile chemical, physical and optical data collected aboard the SEWARD JOHNSON in the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean from June 22, 2006 to July 24, 2006 (NODC Accession 0059071)

This data set contains hydrographic data collected during cruise SJ0609 in the tropical North Atlantic. Leg 1 of the cruise began in Ft. Pierce FL with a rapid transit to Bridgetown, Barbados and two hydro stations (001-002) en route. Leg 2 extended from Barbados to Mindelo, Cape Verde, with nine hydro stations (003-010, 012). Leg 3 included a run south to the equator, then northwestward to Barbados with eleven hydro stations (013-023). Repeated casts at a single station are identified with a sequence number following the decimal. For example, the first sampling event at station 022 is numbered 022.01, the second is numbered 022.03, etc.