Table 1 Details (parameter name, short name, unit, method, cruise) on the parameters measured by the CTD multiparametric probe and underway during each cruise.

From: Seawater physics and chemistry along the Med-SHIP transects in the Mediterranean Sea in 2016

Parameter name

Short name

Unit

Method

Cruise

date/time

Date/time

UTC

 

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

latitude/longitude

Latitude/ Longitude

degrees North/degrees East

 

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

pressure, water

Press

dbar

CTD, SBE 911+

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

temperature, water

Temp

°C

CTD, SBE 911+

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

salinity

Sal

 

CTD, SBE 911+

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

dissolved oxygen

O2

μmol kg−1

CTD with a SBE 43 calibrated using Winkler titration (except for ESAW)

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

fluorescence, chlorophyll

F chl

μg L−1

mg m−3

WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL fluorometer

Chelsea AquaTracka III

WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL fluorometer

TAlPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

turbidity beam transmission

Turbidity

BT

NTU%

WET Labs turbidimeter

Chelsea AlphaTracka Mk II

WET Labs transmissometer

TAlPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

current velocity east-west

U

m s−1

lowered acoustic doppler current profiler (LADCP)

TAlPro2016

CRELEV2016

current velocity north-south

V

m s−1

lowered acoustic doppler current profiler (LADCP)

TAlPro2016

CRELEV2016

current velocity east-west

U

m s−1

vessel-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler (VM-ADCP)

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

current velocity north-south

V

m s−1

vessel-mounted acoustic doppler current profiler (VM-ADCP)

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016

ESAW

temperature, water

Temp

°C

SBE 21 Seacat Thermosalinograph

TAlPro2016, CRELEV2016

salinity, water

Sal

 

SBE 21 Seacat Thermosalinograph

TalPro2016

CRELEV2016