Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Publication_Date: 2017 Title: CTD (conductivity-temperature-depth) data collected on Stellwagen Bank on U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2015-062-FA, aboard the R/V Auk, Oct. 21 and 22 and Nov. 3 and 4 2015 Edition: 1.0 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: text files of water column profile data Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7N015FS Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/ Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Page C. Valentine Originator: VeeAnn A. Cross Publication_Date: 2017 Title: Sea floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD data collected in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA in 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-062-FA Edition: 1.0 Series_Information: Series_Name: data release Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/F7N015FS Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Other_Citation_Details: Suggested citation: Valentine, P.C., and Cross, V.A., 2017, Sea floor sediment samples, seabed imagery, and CTD data collected in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, MA in 2015, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2015-062-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS. Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS Online_Linkage: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/ Description: Abstract: This field activity is part of the effort to map geologic substrates of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts. The overall goal is to develop high-resolution (1:25,000) interpretive maps, based on multibeam sonar data and seabed sampling, showing surficial geology and seabed sediment dynamics. This cruise was conducted in collaboration with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and the data collected will aid research on the ecology of fish and invertebrate species that inhabit the region. The Sanctuary's research vessel, R/V Auk, visited 75 locations on Stellwagen Bank at which a customized Van Veen grab sampler (SEABOSS) equipped with a video camera and a CTD was deployed in drift mode to collect sediment for grain-size analysis, video imagery of the seabed, and temperature, conductivity, and depth measurements of the water column. Additional information regarding this field activity is available from https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fa=2015-062-FA. Purpose: These data are collected to map the seasonal temperature, salinity, density, fluorescence (chlorophyll A), and turbidity configuration of the water column which affect the distribution and availability of plankton and the distribution of fish and invertebrate species. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20151021 Ending_Date: 20151104 Currentness_Reference: ground condition of when data were collected. There were four days of data collection. October 21-22 and November 3-4, 2015. Status: Progress: complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.457330 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.138830 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.420630 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.151420 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey Theme_Keyword: USGS Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program Theme_Keyword: CMGP Theme_Keyword: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Theme_Keyword: WHCMSC Theme_Keyword: CTD Theme_Keyword: conductivity Theme_Keyword: temperature Theme_Keyword: depth Theme_Keyword: salinity Theme_Keyword: water density Theme_Keyword: fluorescence Theme_Keyword: turbidity Theme_Keyword: SEABed Observation and Sampling System Theme_Keyword: SEABOSS Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: oceans Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus Theme_Keyword: CTD measurement Theme_Keyword: ocean sciences Theme_Keyword: ocean salinity Theme_Keyword: ocean temperature Theme_Keyword: turbidity Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: North America Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank Place_Keyword: Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Place_Keyword: SBNMS Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: Not to be used for navigation. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: D.S. Blackwood Originator: K.F. Parolski Publication_Date: 2001 Title: Seabed observation and sampling system Series_Information: Series_Name: Sea Technology Issue_Identification: v. 42, no. 2, p.39-43 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: P. Valentine Originator: D. Blackwood Originator: K. Parolski Publication_Date: 2000 Title: Seabed observation and sampling system Series_Information: Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet Issue_Identification: FS-142-00 Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Reston, VA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs142-00/ Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: These files represent the data acquired from the Sea-Bird CTD that was mounted on the SEABOSS system. The downcast and drift portions of each deployment have been omitted due to inaccuracies in those data. These data are the upcast data and the collected values presented here have not been edited or modified. The data accuracy is expected to meet the instrument accuracy specifications. Logical_Consistency_Report: The filenames correspond to the station names. Therefore the navigation for the casts can be acquired from the station locations in the station data summary file. The naming convention for the CTD casts is staXXXX_upcast.txt where XXXX corresponds to the station number. Completeness_Report: The Sea-Bird instrument is mounted on the SEABOSS system. The downcast and drift data are omitted from this dataset because the data are unreliable. The downcast data are not reliable near the surface; the drift data are not reliable due to the up and down motion of the SEABOSS. Only the upcast data are included. Not every station occupied on the cruise has a CTD record. Stations 4386, 4413, and 4414 don't have CTD data. There are a total of 72 CTD data files. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Although these files do not contain latitudes and longitudes, that information can be acquired from the related station data summary file (available from the Larger Work citation). The CTD upcast is located at the end of the video drift. The location information for stations was acquired from a satellite navigation receiver (Furuno satellite compass SC-30, GPS receiver) at one second intervals with a horizontal accuracy of 10 m. The navigation antenna is located 5.3 m forward of the SEABOSS deployment location. This offset was not accounted for in the navigation acquisition (navigation fixes represent antenna location). Vertical_Positional_Accuracy: Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The depth values are based on the instrument's pressure gauge and are relative to the local sea surface. The CTD is mounted horizontally on the SEABOSS frame and it's maximum depth is approximately 1 meter above the seabed. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: These data were collected with a Sea-Bird CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) instrument - a SBE 19plus SeaCAT Profiler CTD (discontinued in 2008). This instrument was deployed on the USGS SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS). The SEABOSS is an instrument developed by the USGS to collect samples and video and photographic images of the seabed to aid in the interpretation of seabed sonar imagery. The CTD is mounted horizontally on the SEABOSS frame and its maximum depth is approximately 1 meter above the seabed. The specifications for the CTD instrument are as follows: > SBE19plus, serial number 01906617 manufactured by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. >Firmware version: 2.2c >Firmware date: 7 December 2009 >Manufactured date: 29 July 2010 >Software version: 2.3.0 > Internal sensors: >main temperature, serial number 01906617 >main conductivity, serial number 01906617 >main pressure, type, strain, serial number 3161799 > External sensors from WET Labs: >ECO-FLNTURT CHL, serial number FLNTURT-1798; WET Labs fluorometer, ECO-AFL/FL >ECO-FLNTURT TURB, serial number FLNTURT-1798; WET Labs turbidity meter, ECO-NTU Configuration: >Instrument battery operated; not connected to a conducting cable >Profile mode: sampling rate 4 per second, averaged to provide each data point >CTD deployed on the USGS SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) Data archive: >Upcast data, collected from the seabed to ~1 meter below the sea surface > Sensor specifications: > Temperature (degrees C): > measurement range -5 to +35 degrees C; initial accuracy +-0.005; resolution 0.0001; > Conductivity (S/m): > measurement range 0 to 9 S/m; initial accuracy +- 0.0005; resolution varies: 0.00005 (most oceanic water; resolves 0.4 ppm in salinity); 0.00007 (high salinity water; resolves 0.4 ppm in salinity); 0.00001 (fresh water; resolves 0.1 ppm in salinity) > Strain gauge pressure: > measurement range 0 to full scale range: 20/100/350/600/1000/2000/3500/7000; initial accuracy +- 0.1% of full scale range; resolution 0.002% of full scale range. > Turbidity sensor: >wavelength 700 nm; sensitivity 0.01 NTU, rant 0-25 NTU > Flourescence sensor: >Chlorophyll-a 470 nm EX/695 nm EM; sensitivity 0.2 micro-g/l; range 0-125 micro-g/l Chl Process_Date: 2015 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Process_Step: Process_Description: The Sea-Bird instrument is mounted on the SEABOSS system. The downcast and drift data are omitted from the dataset because the data are unreliable. The downcast data are not reliable near the surface; the drift data are not reliable due to the up and down motion of the SEABOSS. The upcast data are collected along a controlled ascent from the seabed to the surface. At the end of the day (or the cruise), the CTD data are downloaded via a laptop using the Sea-Bird software. The upcast portion of the data are manually extracted from the dataset based on the deepest (usually) depth and progressive shallower depths. The upcast locations are at the end of the video drift. The latitude and longitude of the end of the video drift is available from 2015-062-FA_station_data_summary dataset, available from the Larger Work citation. The station summary data are available in XLSX, CSV, and shapefile formats. Process_Date: 2016 Spatial_Reference_Information: Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Depth_System_Definition: Depth_Datum_Name: local surface Depth_Resolution: 0.001 Depth_Distance_Units: meters Depth_Encoding_Method: Implicit coordinate Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Sea-Bird CTD upcasts Entity_Type_Definition: Each upcast is an ASCII text file with an eleven row header that gives the station number and the output format of the data - what information is in each column. The remaining rows are columns of measured values that are space delimited. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute: Attribute_Label: salt water depth Attribute_Definition: Calculated value involving pressure, water density and compressibility as well as the strength of the local gravity field. Units are meters. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: water temperature (standard ITS-90), deg C (0.0000) Attribute_Definition: Temperature directly measured by the temperature-sensing instrument (thermistor). Units are degrees Celsius. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: salinity, practical salinity units (PSU) (0.0000) Attribute_Definition: Calculated value derived from the measured properties (conductivity, temperature and pressure) of the instrument. Units are practical salinity units. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: water density, sigma-t, kilograms per cubic meter (0.0000) Attribute_Definition: Calculated value derived from the measured properties (conductivity, temperature and pressure) of the instrument. Units are kilograms per cubic meter. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: fluorescence, milligrams per cubic meter (0.0000) Attribute_Definition: Fluorescence is a measurement of chlorophyll A concentration in a volume of seawater. Units are milligrams per cubic meter. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: turbidity, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) (0.0000) Attribute_Definition: Turbidity is a measurement of particles in a volume of seawater. Units are nephelometric turbidity units. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Although this is a numeric value, the data value range for the dataset has not been evaluated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: if data flagged, indicates error in data collection Attribute_Definition: System method of indicating erroneous or bad data. Attribute_Definition_Source: Sea-Bird Electronics Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: A value other than zero indicates an error in data collection Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The following is a sample header and a few rows of the data: > >Sta 4351 >Output data format >Column 1, salt water depth, meter (0.000) >Column 2, water temperature (standard ITS-90), deg C (0.0000) >Column 3, salinity, practical salinity units (PSU) (0.0000) >Column 4, water density, sigma-t, kilograms per cubic meter (0.0000) >Column 5, fluorescence, milligrams per cubic meter (0.0000) >Column 6, turbidity, nephelometric turbidity units (NTU) (0.0000) >Column 7, if data flagged, indicates error in data collection >25.352 13.3232 32.0037 24.0091 0.9454 0.3124 0.000e+00 >25.318 13.3234 32.0036 24.0090 0.9546 0.3170 0.000e+00 >25.231 13.3236 32.0036 24.0089 0.9576 0.2968 0.000e+00 >25.147 13.3239 32.0035 24.0088 0.9279 0.3181 0.000e+00 >25.037 13.3240 32.0035 24.0088 0.8714 0.3326 0.000e+00 >24.771 13.3240 32.0033 24.0086 0.8760 0.2998 0.000e+00 >24.442 13.3236 32.0033 24.0087 0.8584 0.2827 0.000e+00 > If visible, the presence of the ">" character is for formatting the metadata only. That character does not actually occur in the data. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: U.S. Geological Survey Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: Page C. Valentine Contact_Position: Research Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02543-1598 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (508) 548-8700 x2239 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (508) 457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvalentine@usgs.gov Resource_Description: 2015-062-FA_CTD.zip contains the 72 CTD data files and the FGDC CSDGM metadata in TXT, XML, and HTML formats. Distribution_Liability: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name: TEXT Format_Information_Content: The zip file contains the CTD cast data and the associated FGDC CSDGM metadata. Transfer_Size: 0.1 Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_Contact_Information: Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/data/chemistry/2015-062-FA_CTD.zip Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N015FS Network_Resource_Name: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/data/field-activity-data/2015-062-FA/ Access_Instructions: The first link is to download the data in a zip file. The second and third links are to the landing page of the data. The links go to the same place, one is the DOI designation of the publication. Fees: none Technical_Prerequisites: The zip file contains CTD data in TEXT format. The user must have software capable of uncompressing the zip file and using the data files. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20170803 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross Contact_Position: Marine Geologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 384 Woods Hole Rd. City: Woods Hole State_or_Province: MA Postal_Code: 02556-1598 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998