Properties of seawater from a Sea-Bird TSG temperature and conductivity sensor mounted on the continuous surface water sampling system during campaign TARA_20100523Z of the Tara Oceans expedition 2009-2013

The Tara Oceans Expedition (2009-2013) sampled the world oceans on board a 36 m long schooner, collecting environmental data and organisms from viruses to planktonic metazoans for later analyses using modern sequencing and state-of-the-art imaging technologies. Tara Oceans Data are particularly suited to study the genetic, morphological and functional diversity of plankton. The present data publication contains measurements from the Continuous Surface Sampling System [CSSS] made during one campaign of the Tara Oceans Expedition. Water was pumped at the front of the vessel from ~2m depth, then de-bubbled and circulated to a Sea-Bird TSG temperature and conductivity sensor. System maintenance (instrument cleaning, flushing) was done approximately once a week and in port between successive legs. All data were stamped with a GPS.

塔拉海洋科考航次（Tara Oceans Expedition，2009-2013年）依托一艘长36米的纵帆船对全球海洋开展采样作业，收集环境数据以及从病毒到浮游后生动物的各类生物体，以供后续采用现代测序与前沿成像技术开展分析研究。塔拉海洋数据集尤其适用于研究浮游生物的遗传、形态与功能多样性。本次发布的数据包含塔拉海洋科考航次某次巡航期间，连续表层采样系统（Continuous Surface Sampling System，CSSS）所获取的测量数据。采样水体从船只前部约2米深度被抽取，随后经脱泡处理并输送至Sea-Bird TSG温盐传感器。该系统约每周进行一次维护（包括仪器清洁与冲洗），且在相邻航次间隙的驻港期间开展维护作业。所有数据均标注了GPS定位信息。