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<Entry_Title>Physical oceanography during RV METEOR cruise M188</Entry_Title>
<Data_Set_Citation>
<Dataset_Creator>Mertens, Christian; Dennert, Peter</Dataset_Creator>
<Dataset_Title>Physical oceanography during RV METEOR cruise M188</Dataset_Title>
<Dataset_Release_Date>2026-01-19</Dataset_Release_Date>
<Dataset_Publisher>PANGAEA</Dataset_Publisher>
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<Role>Investigator</Role>
<First_Name>Christian</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Mertens</Last_Name>
<Email>cmertens@physik.uni-bremen.de</Email>
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<Discipline_Name>Earth Science</Discipline_Name>
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<Detailed_Variable>Pressure, water</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Temperature, water</Detailed_Variable>
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<Detailed_Variable>Salinity</Detailed_Variable>
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<Keyword>CTD/Rosette</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_10-13</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_10-14</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_10-3</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_11-17</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_11-9</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_23-23</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_23-30</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_23-8</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_25-1</Keyword>
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<Keyword>M188_7-3</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_7-4</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_7-8</Keyword>
<Keyword>M188_7-9</Keyword>
<Keyword>physical oceanography</Keyword>
<Keyword>South Atlantic</Keyword>
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<Long_Name>CTD, Sea-Bird, SBE 9plus</Long_Name>
</Sensor_Name>
<Source_Name>
<Long_Name>Meteor (1986)</Long_Name>
</Source_Name>
<Temporal_Coverage>
<Start_Date>2023-03-10</Start_Date>
<Stop_Date>2023-04-10</Stop_Date>
</Temporal_Coverage>
<Data_Set_Progress>Complete</Data_Set_Progress>
<Spatial_Coverage>
<Southernmost_Latitude>-34.1268</Southernmost_Latitude>
<Northernmost_Latitude>-31.6452</Northernmost_Latitude>
<Westernmost_Longitude>3.5645</Westernmost_Longitude>
<Easternmost_Longitude>7.4092</Easternmost_Longitude>
<Minimum_Depth>0.0 m (DEPTH, water)</Minimum_Depth>
<Maximum_Depth>5271.6 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>
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<Short_Name>PANGAEA</Short_Name>
<Long_Name>Data Publisher for Earth &amp; Environmental Science</Long_Name>
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<Data_Center_URL>https://www.pangaea.de/</Data_Center_URL>
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<Role>Data Center Contact</Role>
<First_Name>Michael</First_Name>
<Last_Name>Diepenbroek</Last_Name>
<Email>info@pangaea.de</Email>
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<Address>Leobener Str.</Address>
<City>Bremen</City>
<Province_or_State>Bremen</Province_or_State>
<Postal_Code>28359</Postal_Code>
<Country>Germany</Country>
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<Distribution_Media>online</Distribution_Media>
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<Reference>Mertens, Christian; Lage, Mariana; Oelerich, Ria; Boatwright, Victoria; Methale Puthukkottu, Subeesh; Stake, Jürgen; Meiritz, Luisa Chiara; Breunig, Emelie; Welsch, Andreas; Bracamontes Ramirez, Joel; Leimann, Ilmar; Dennert, Peter; Epke, Moritz; Kourkouraidou, Zoi; Aschenbeck, Lara Jane; Duong, Buu Lik; Rosenau, Silvano; Enneper, Che; Suter, Patrick (2025): Synoptic Observations - A Nested Approach to Study Energy Transfer &amp; Turbulence in the Ocean in the Eastern South Atlantic/Walvis Ridge, Cruise No. M188, March 7 - April 13, 2023, Walvis Bay (Namibia) - Walvis Bay (Namibia). METEOR-Berichte, Begutachtungspanel Forschungsschiffe, M188, 43 pp, https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_m188</Reference>
<Summary>During RV Meteor cruise M188 in the eastern South Atlantic (7 March - 13 April, 2023) conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) measurements were made using a Sea-Bird 9plus instrument. Calibration for conductivity was performed at sea using water samples. The CTD data were processed using the standard Seabird algorithms. Downcast data were separated and averaged over 1 dbar intervals. The accuracy of the calibrated CTD measurements is: 1 dbar for pressure, 0.002 °C for temperature, 0.003 psu for salinity. ** For all details see the full metadata description at "https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.989353"!</Summary>
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<Description>LATITUDE</Description>
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<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_6709</URL>
<Description>LONGITUDE</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601</URL>
<Description>DATE/TIME</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>http://www.ocean.uni-bremen.de/mitarbeiter/cmertens/index_cm.html</URL>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://doi.org/10.48433/cr_m188</URL>
<Description>Synoptic Observations - A Nested Approach to Study Energy Transfer &amp; Turbulence in the Ocean in the Eastern South Atlantic/Walvis Ridge, Cruise No. M188, March 7 - April 13, 2023, Walvis Bay (Namibia) - Walvis Bay (Namibia)</Description>
</Related_URL>
<Related_URL>
<URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Meteor_(1986)</URL>
<Description>Meteor (1986)</Description>
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<DIF_Creation_Date>2026-01-19</DIF_Creation_Date>
<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-29</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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