AEON CTD cast raw data

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) are measured during cruises for the deployment and harvesting of bottom-landers:

January 2022 (SeaBird 19+ CTD deployed to a depth of 100 m at each station): AEON1 NEC, AEON4 ECS, AEON5 WIB
For an unknown reason, no data were recorded on the SeaBird during cast C-04 (AEON3 GEB).

December 2022/February 2023 (SeaBird 19+ CTD deployed to a depth of 100 m at each station): AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB

March/April 2024 (SeaBird 19+ CTD deployed to a depth of 100 m at each station): AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB

April 2025 [RBR concerto CTD deployed to a depth of 100 m at each station; second deployment at four sites (AEON1 ECS, AEON2 NEC, AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB) to about 10-15 m above the bottom depth for a picture of the full water column): two casts at AEON1 NEC, two casts at AEON2 ECS, two casts at AEON3 GEB, two casts at AEON4 JOB, one cast at AEON5 WIB

This collection represents the data collected from the Acoustic and Environmental Observation Network (AEON) in the U.S. Northwest Atlantic, developed and deployed 2021. The AEON network of five observation nodes complements existing oceanographic monitoring infrastructure in the Gulf of Maine. The observatory network provides simultaneous, long-term monitoring of soundscapes and multiple acoustically-relevant parameters such as marine mammal behavior and prey concentration at key locations where changes in the Labrador and Gulf Stream currents are projected to affect the Gulf of Maine.
The lead P.I. for this project is Dr. Jennifer Miksis-Olds, University of New Hampshire (UNH). Dr. Miksis-Olds leads a collaborative research team consisting of individuals from UNH, JASCO Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University, and other collaborators.
Please cite these data as Jennifer Miksis-Olds, AEON PI, University of New Hampshire with funding from U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research Awards N00014-20-1-2312, N00014-23-12767, N00014-24-12740.
Raw data [including detailed metadata] are archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information :
Active Acoustic raw data, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/water-column-sonar/
Passive Acoustic raw data, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/passive_acoustic_data/

The AEON network in the Gulf of Maine totals 5 observation nodes. Datasets are indicated by site
AEON1 NEC, Northeast Channel, CanadaAEON2 ECS, Eastern Coastal Shelf, CanadaAEON3 GEB, Georges Basin, USAEON4 Jordan Basin, USAEON5 Wilkinson Basin, USSampling period is reflected as "Deploy date-Recovery date" (e.g., Jan2022-Feb2023 was deployed January 2022 and recovered February 2023).
Dataset manifest:
Research Cruise 2: Jasco dataset 1: Feb 2021 thru July 2021 (AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 3: Jasco dataset 2: July 2021 thru Jan 2022 (AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 4: Jasco dataset 3: Jan 2022 thru Dec 2022 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 5: Jasco dataset 4: Feb 2023 thru Feb 2024 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB) and Dec 2022 thru Dec 2023 (AEON4 JOB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 6: Jasco dataset 5: Mar/Apr 2024 thru Apr 2025 (AEON1 NEC, AEON2 ECS, AEON3 GEB, AEON5 WIB)Research Cruise 7 is planned for April 2026Project Website is:
https://eos.unh.edu/aeon
Contact: "Jennifer Miksis-Olds"
See also: https://eos.unh.edu/center-acoustics-research-education

Data are supplied as-is and no warranty is made, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.