CTD and UBAT data from: Comparisons of underwater light from atmospheric and mechanically stimulated bioluminescence sources in high Arctic Polar Night
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2024-01-22
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For each station, we profiled an instrumented cage from the surface to 120 m (bottom depth ≈ 200 m).
The cage was equipped with a bathyphotometer (UBAT–Underwater Bioluminescence Assessment Tool, WetLabs, Philomath, OR) and CTD (SBE 49 FastCAT, Sea-Bird, Bellevue, WA).
For each cast, we held instruments for 4 min at every 20 m depth interval to measure bioluminescence.
Fjord sampling in January 2014 (A2014, B2014, C2014, D2014) was conducted in Kongsfjord, Svalbard (78° 56.16'N, 11° 56.58'E). For more detail on this data collection see: Cronin et al. (2016) Scientific Reports 6:36374, DOI: 10.1038/srep36374
Fjord sampling in January 2017 (A2017) was conducted in Rijpfjorden, Svalbard (80° 18.261'N / 02° 215.705'E). For more detail on this data collection see: Shulman et al. (2020) Ocean Dynamics 70:1211–1223, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-020-01392-2
Shelf/slope sampling in January 2017 (B2017, C2017) was conducted offshore from Rijpfjorden, Svalbard (80° 55.364'N / 017°32.469E, 80°35.923'N / 013°40.636'E). For more detail on this data collection see: Shulman et al. (2020) Ocean Dynamics 70:1211–1223, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-020-01392-2
Arctic basin sampling in January 2017 (D2017) was conducted further offshore of Rijpfjorden, Svalbard (81°21.285'N / 014°51.079'E). For more detail on this data collection see: Shulman et al. (2020) Ocean Dynamics 70:1211–1223, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-020-01392-2
The separate tabs in this spreadsheet correspond to each sampling location described above.
CTD and UBAT data are included, with bioluminescence data provided as both 1 second averages and at 60Hz resolution
Parameters and units for the profile at each station from merged CTD and UBAT records are:
Time (ms)
Record number (NA)
Temp (C)
Depth (m)
Salinity (psu)
Calibration Coeff for HV step (photons/s)
Avg BL (photons/s)
Pump RPM (RPM)
System Voltage (V)
Flow RPM (RPM)
HV step (V)
60Hzdata_n [60 Hz digitized raw A/D counts, n=1-60] (photons)
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The three .m files, and two .asc files can be used to re-create Figures 2, 3, and 4 in the Shulman et al. manuscript:
Figure 2: "plot.Figure02.m" is a Matlab m file that calls data from two .asc files ("PNC17_v2_R3and NS6.asc" and "PNC17_stopPoints.asc") to re-create the figure. These data are drawn from stations A2017 and D2017 (see full datasets in "Shulman et al_BLtransitionDepth_A2017.csv" and "Shulman et al_BLtransitionDepth_D2017.csv").
Figure 3: "plot.Figure03.m" is a Matlab m file that contains all necessary data and code to re-create Figure 4.
Figure 4: "plot.Figure04.m" is a Matlab m file that contains all necessary data and code to re-create Figure 4.
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Shulman, I., J.H. Cohen, S. Anderson, B. Penta, M.A. Moline (2024) CTD and UBAT data from: Comparisons of underwater light from atmospheric and mechanically stimulated bioluminescence sources in high Arctic Polar Night