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Summary

A component of U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) is the
Arabian Sea Process Study. Eleven cruises took place aboard the R/V
Thomas G. Thompson for about sixteen months from October 1994 until
January 1996. These cruises provided seasonal coverage of the annual
monsoon and inter-monsoon cycles in the area southeast of Oman - from
where the ... cruises were staged. The monsoons of the Arabian Sea drive
a uniquely intense carbon cycling system, and it is the goal of JGOFS
to better understand the role of the oceans in global carbon cycling.

CTD data are given at 2 decibar pressure intervals (for the
intercalibration cruise, CTD data are given at one decibar pressure
intervals). The following data were collected: temperature,
conductivity, salinity, potential temperature, density (sigma-t), and
potential density (sigma theta).

Mixed layer depths are given in decibars and were calculated at the
change in density of 0.03 kg/m^3 and at the change in density of 0.125
kg/m^3.

Beam attenuation, backscattered light, and relative fluorescence data
are also included for most CTD casts.

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

[This information was obtained from U.S. JGOFS website at WHOI.]

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 23.0

S: 9.0

E: 70.0

W: 56.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-10-01 Stop Date: 1996-01-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA

Data Resolution

Vertical Resolution: 2 decibars

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN MIXED LAYER OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION > BACKSCATTERED LIGHT OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION > BEAM ATTENUATION OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE > RELATIVE FLUORESCENCE OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SCATTERING OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > OCEAN MIXED LAYER OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY > SIGMA-T OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > POTENTIAL DENSITY > SIGMA THETA OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS TRANSMISSOMETERS

Project

JGOFS > Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, IGBP IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

Access Constraints

The data are public domain and can be retrieved on-line from the
U.S. JGOFS World Wide Web server at WHOI.

Use Constraints

Anyone wishing to use U.S. JGOFS data in a presentation, report,
thesis or publication should contact the originating PI. It is
expected that all customary courtesies and privileges attached to data
use will be strictly honored.

Ancillary Keywords

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY LIGHT SCATTERING PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

WHOI

Data Center

United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Data Center URL: http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/ Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-039/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-043/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-043/mixed_layer Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-045/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-045/mixed_layer Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-049/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-049/mixed_layer Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-050/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-050/mixed_layer Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-053/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-054/ctd Dataset ID: /jgofs/arabian/ttn-054/mixed_layer Data Center Personnel Name: MARY ZAWOYSKY Phone: 508-289-2834 Fax: 508-457-2161 Email: mary at dataone.whoi.edu Contact Address: MS #43 U.S. JGOFS Planning and Data Management Office Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1057 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online Fees: Free

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 301-614-6516 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Melanie.F.Meaux at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA JOHN M. MORRISON Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 919-515-7449 Email: John_Morrison at NCSU.EDU Contact Address: North Carolina State University Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Jordan Hall Rm. 1125 Box 8208 City: Raleigh Province or State: NC Postal Code: 27695-8208 Country: USA GARDNER D. WILFORD Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (409) 845-3928 Fax: (409) 845-6331 Email: wgardner at ocean.tamu.edu Contact Address: Dept. of Oceanography Texas A&M University City: College Station Province or State: TX Postal Code: 77843 Country: USA

Related URL

Link: GET DATA Description: Access US JGOFS data Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: US JGOFS Home Page

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2003-09-16

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