van der Does, Michèlle; Korte, Laura F; Munday, Chris I; Brummer, Geert-Jan A; Stuut, Jan-Berend W (2016): Modal grain-sizes of Saharan dust in the Atlantic Ocean measured in 7 sediment traps from October 2012 to November 2013 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863052, In supplement to: van der Does, M et al. (2016): Particle size traces modern Saharan dust transport and deposition across the equatorial North Atlantic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16(21), 13697-13710, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13697-2016
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 12.457538 * Median Longitude: -41.137274 * South-bound Latitude: 11.999350 * West-bound Longitude: -57.043720 * North-bound Latitude: 13.810520 * East-bound Longitude: -23.003350
Date/Time Start: 2012-10-27T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2013-10-30T12:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 1130 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3540 m
Event(s):
13M1 (64PE378_13M1-3) * Latitude: 11.999350 * Longitude: -23.003350 * Date/Time: 2012-10-07T12:18:00 * Elevation: -5000.0 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY) * Comment: Distance to African coast: 700 km; deployed during METEOR cruise M89; recovered during PELAGICA cruise 64PE378; lost lower sediment trap
13M2 (64PE378_13M2-7) * Latitude: 13.810520 * Longitude: -37.819820 * Date/Time: 2012-10-11T10:28:00 * Elevation: -4790.0 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY) * Comment: Distance to African coast: 2300 km; deployed during METEOR cruise M89; recovered during PELAGICA cruise 64PE378
13M3 * Latitude: 12.394970 * Longitude: -38.627900 * Date/Time: 2012-10-12T13:41:00 * Elevation: -4640.0 m * Location: South Atlantic Ocean * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY) * Comment: Distance to African coast: 2400 km; deployed during METEOR cruise M89; recovered during PELAGICA cruise 64PE378; upper sediment trap bottles empty
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | van der Does, Michèlle | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | van der Does, Michèlle | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | van der Does, Michèlle | |||
| 4 | Sample code/label | Sample label | van der Does, Michèlle | |||
| 5 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | van der Does, Michèlle | Geocode – Mid date | ||
| 6 | DEPTH, water | Depth water | m | van der Does, Michèlle | Geocode | |
| 7 | Mode, grain size | Mode | µm | van der Does, Michèlle | ||
| 8 | Size fraction > 0.063 mm, sand | >63 µm | % | van der Does, Michèlle |
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Size:
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