CTD profiles from IfM Collaborative Research Centre Cruises

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Access

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Get CTD data via FTP

RESTRICTED: This link to the data set is only available for a restricted user group. The data set is only accessible in CEN/MPI net or accessible from external nets with a customer account. Please contact ICDC if you would like to access this data from outside the network.

Data access via file system: /data/icdc/ocean/historical_hydrographic_data/RAW_DATA/ifm

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Description

532 Temperature and salinity CTD profiles were obtained during the Cooperative Research Cruises conducted by the Institute for Marine Research, Hamburg University. These data have not been included yet in the international databases.

Last update of data set at ICDC: 2011

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Parameters

Parameters of the CTD data set
Name	Unit
Pressure	dbar
Temperature	°C
Salinity	-

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Coverage, spatial and temporal resolution

Period and temporal resolution:

2002 to 2007
various temporal resolutions, different number of profiles of different length obtained during various measurement campaigns

Coverage and spatial resolution:

Global (see figure on top of page)
Spatial resolution: None, sampling along the cruise tracks depends on measurement campaign
Geographic Latitude: 0°N to 90°N
Geographic Longitude: -60°E to 80°E
Dimension: 1 column x 1 row x N measurements along the vertical profile
Altitude: N depths, vertical profiles

Format:

ASCII

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Data quality

These original data have not yet been validated.

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Contact

Stefan Kern
ICDC / CEN / University of Hamburg
E-Mail: stefan.kern"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Remon Sadikni
ICDC / CEN / University of Hamburg
E-Mail: remon.sadikni"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Annika Jahnke-Bornemann
ICDC / CEN / University of Hamburg
E-Mail: annika.jahnke-bornemann"AT"uni-hamburg.de

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References

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Data citation, License, and Acknowledgments

Please cite the data as follows:

V. Gouretski, 2011, CTD profiles from IfM Collaborative Research Centre Cruises 2002 - 2007, Dataset provided by ICDC, CEN, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

and with the following acknowledgments:

Thanks to ICDC, CEN, University of Hamburg for data support.

License

The data was published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY-4.0).

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