Water Bottle Data (Salinity and Oxygen) Measured during the JGOFS Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC)

The Equatorial Pacific Process Study (EQPAC) was conducted along 140 deg W
longitude during 1992.

Four cruises took place: February 3 - March 9, March 19 - April 15,
August 5 - September 18, and September 24 - October 21. A fifth benthic
cruise (November 1 - December 7) and sediment trap legs were added.
During the first cruise (TT007), 15 stations were occupied along 140
deg W longitude from 12 deg N latitude to 12 deg S latitude. During
the second cruise (TT008), data were collected at 8 stations along 140
deg W longitude from 9 deg S latitude to 9 deg N latitude. During the
third cruise (TT011), data were collected at 15 stations along 140 deg
W from 12 deg N latitude to 12 deg S latitude. During the fourth
cruise (TT012), data were collected at 5 stations along 140 deg W
longitude from 17 deg S latitude to the equator. During the fifth
benthic cruise (TT013), data were collected at 16 stations along 140
deg W from 12 deg S latitude to 9 deg N latitude.

Rosette water bottle samplers provided oxygen concentrations and
salinity. The data files combine the water bottle data with some of
the EQPAC CTD data. The CTD data in these files includes water
temperture, salinity, density (sigma-t), potential temperature, and
potential density.

The data is public domain and can be retrieved on-line at
"http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/jg/dir/jgofs/"

[The information in this summary was taken from the JGOFS
World Wide Web pages.]