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<Entry_ID>PANGAEA_988693</Entry_ID>
<Entry_Title>Physical oceanography (CTD) during Maria S. Merian cruise MSM126</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Schulz, Marco; Kaufmann, Manfred; Dierking, Jan</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Physical oceanography (CTD) during Maria S. Merian cruise MSM126</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-02-26</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
<Data_Presentation_Form>Dataset</Data_Presentation_Form>
<Online_Resource>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988693</Online_Resource>
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<Personnel>
<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Jan</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Dierking</Last_Name>
<Email>jdierking@geomar.de</Email>
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<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Event label</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>DATE/TIME</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>LONGITUDE</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
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<Detailed_Variable>Pressure, water</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Temperature, water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
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<Detailed_Variable>Salinity</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
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<Detailed_Variable>Oxygen</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Sound velocity in water</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Density, sigma, in situ</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Fluorescence</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
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</Parameters>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, longitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, latitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, pressure at given altitude</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, water depth</Detailed_Variable>
</Parameters>
<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, water temperature</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, salinity</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag, oxygen</Detailed_Variable>
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<Parameters>
<Detailed_Variable>Quality flag</Detailed_Variable>
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<Keyword>CAN_X16</Keyword>
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<Keyword>CTD/Rosette</Keyword>
<Keyword>EDD_1</Keyword>
<Keyword>EDD_2</Keyword>
<Keyword>EDD_3</Keyword>
<Keyword>EDD_4</Keyword>
<Keyword>EDD_5</Keyword>
<Keyword>Madeira</Keyword>
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<Keyword>RID_X5</Keyword>
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<Long_Name>CTD</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Maria S. Merian</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2024-02-09</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2024-03-02</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
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<Southernmost_Latitude>0.21069</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>32.77746</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>-17.400599999999997</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>-0.10950000000002547</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.99 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>4229.16 m (DEPTH, water)</Maximum_Depth>
</Spatial_Coverage>
<Access_Constraints>unrestricted</Access_Constraints>
<Use_Constraints>CC-BY-4.0: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International</Use_Constraints>
<Data_Set_Language>English</Data_Set_Language>
<Data_Center>
<Data_Center_Name>
<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
</Data_Center_Name>
<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
<Personnel>
<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
<Contact_Address>
<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
</Contact_Address>
</Personnel>
</Data_Center>
<Distribution>
<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
<Distribution_Size>3293984 data points</Distribution_Size>
<Distribution_Format>text/tab-separated-values</Distribution_Format>
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<Reference>Dierking, Jan (2024): Master track of MARIA S. MERIAN cruise MSM126 in 1 sec resolution (zipped, 86 MB) [dataset]. GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968903</Reference>
<Reference>CTD data of Cruise MSM126 in netcdf format [dataset]. https://download.pangaea.de/reference/137340/attachments/msm_126_1_ctd_rel2_netcdf.zip</Reference>
<Summary>Seabird 911plus systems equipped with dual temperature-conductivity-oxygen sensors were employed. All systems had a 24-bottle water sampling rosette with 10 l Niskin bottles. Water sampling, processing, and calibration followed GO-SHIP recommendations (Swift, 2010; McTaggart et al., 2010; Uchida et al., 2010) and included the recommended steps Data Conversion, Sensor Time-Alignment, Creation of Bottle Files, Outlier Removal, Pressure Sensor Filtering, Conductivity Cell Thermal Mass Correction, Ship Roll Correction and Deck Offset Correction by Loop Editing, as well as Derivation of Calculated Properties. After these steps, conductivity and oxygen readings were calibrated against values determined with salinometry and Winkler titration , respectively. Finally, the downcast data was averaged over 1 dbar wide intervals. An independent upcast calibration was used to obtain calibrated CTDO values coincident with the discrete water samples. A SUNA nitrate probe (Satlantic) was mounted on the CTD frame as an additional instrument during all shallow casts (&lt;2000dbar). The nitrate measurements were also calibrated against water samples and the CTD data was supplemented accordingly. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.988693"! ** PO-GLOBAL-SVN  = 1146  used on 08-Dec-2025 10:35:47
Matlab   = 9.14.0.2206163 (R2023a)
Release  = 1
nc_project = Jellyweb Madeira
nc_uncertainty_p = 2.000000
nc_uncertainty_t = 0.002000
nc_uncertainty_s = 0.003000
nc_uncertainty_o = 3.000000</Summary>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
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<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
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<URL>https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.968903</URL>
<Description>Master track of MARIA S. MERIAN cruise MSM126 in 1 sec resolution (zipped, 86 MB)</Description>
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<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetically_active_radiation</URL>
<Description>Radiation, photosynthetically active</Description>
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<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Maria_S._Merian</URL>
<Description>Maria S. Merian</Description>
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<Description>Sound velocity in water</Description>
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<Description>Turbidity (Nephelometric turbidity unit)</Description>
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<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-29</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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