BEAGLE 2003, Leg 5, Cape Town (South Africa) - Fremantle (Australia), HPLC and Ocean Colour Data

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sciences and Technology (JAMSTEC) sponsored this research cruise - a circumnavigation of the Southern hemisphere using the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic Program (WHP) lines in the southern hemisphere to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its establishment. The research cruise was named "BEAGLE 2003" (Blue EArth GLobal Expedition 2003) and was carried out on the RV MIRAI. This is a subset of the Beagle 2003 data set and contains the HPLC pigment and particulate absorption coefficient data collected on leg 5, between Cape Town, South Africa and Fremantle, Australia from the 11 Dec 2003 to 20 Jan 2004. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured on the leg are the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments and the absorption coefficent for particulate (a/p) components of the water column. Samples were collected at 43 stations. The data was used primarily to validate ocean colour sensors MERIS, MODIS and SeaWIFs and the SST sensor AATSR. Samples were collected and analysed for pigments and absorption coefficient, particulate.

日本海洋地球科学技术厅（Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sciences and Technology, JAMSTEC）为纪念成立30周年，资助了本次南半球环球科考航次，本次航次依托世界海洋环流实验（World Ocean Circulation Experiment, WOCE）水文计划（Hydrographic Program, WHP）的南半球航线开展作业。本次科考航次命名为“BEAGLE 2003”（蓝色地球全球考察2003），由“未来”号（RV MIRAI）科考船执行。本数据集为Beagle 2003科考航次数据的子集，包含2003年12月11日至2004年1月20日期间，在第5航段（南非开普敦至澳大利亚弗里曼特尔）采集的高效液相色谱（High Performance Liquid Chromatography, HPLC）色素数据与颗粒吸收系数数据。本数据集可用于海洋水色传感器的验证工作。本次航段测定的参数包括水柱中叶绿素与类胡萝卜素色素浓度，以及水柱颗粒组分（a/p）的吸收系数。本次航段共在43个站位完成样品采集。该数据集主要用于验证海洋水色传感器MERIS、MODIS及SeaWiFS，以及海表温度（Sea Surface Temperature, SST）传感器AATSR。本航次已完成用于色素与颗粒吸收系数分析的样品采集与检测工作。