Salinity and sigma-t data from moored current meter and CTD casts in the North Pacific Ocean from 1979-08-26 to 1982-06-07 (NODC Accession 8200146)

salinity and sigma t data were collected using moored current meter and ctd casts in the north pacific ocean from august 26 1979 to june 7 1982 data were submitted by university of alaska fairbanks institute of marine science as part of the borax project data has been been processed by nodc to the nodc standard f015 current meter data and f022 ctd high resolutions formats full format and format code descriptions are available at http www nodc noaa gov general nodc datafmts html the f015 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents these data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent eulerian method of current measurement i e the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor position bottom depth sensor depth and meter characteristics are reported for each station the data record comprises values of east west u and north south v current vector components at specified date and time current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north and negative directions west and south data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10 15 minute time intervals water temperature pressure and conductivity or salinity may also be reported a text record is available for optional comments the f022 format contains high resolution data collected using ctd conductivity temperature depth and std salinity temperature depth instruments as they are lowered and raised in the oceans these electronic devices provide nearly continuous profiles of temperature salinity and other parameters data values may be subject to averaging or filtering or obtained by interpolation and may be reported at depth intervals as fine as 1m cruise and instrument information position date time and sampling interval are reported for each station environmental data at the time of the cast meteorological and sea surface conditions may also be reported the data record comprises values of temperature salinity or conductivity density computed sigma t and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at specified depth or pressure levels data may be reported at either equally or unequally spaced depth or pressure intervals a text record is available for comments