Dataset: CTD SAM Data Files from R/V Roger Revelle KNOX22RR in the Patagonian Shelf (SW South Atlantic) from December 2008 (COPAS08 project)

SAM data - CTD profile sampling files used to calibrate the various sensors

'sam' files are sampling files used to calibrate the various sensors for the CTD profile data
The files contain information from the moment each Niskin bottle was closed for each
measured parameter (salinity, temperature, oxygen, etc), as well as the salinometry
bottle data and the discrete Winkler oxygen titration data which have been pasted into
each sam file.

These data have been included in these files as it should allow the calibration coefficients
to be recalculated if necessary but more importantly also provides an accountable record
of how the data were calibrated. It is worth noting that the sam files are created for
the purpose of deriving calibration coefficients from uncalibrated datafiles. Once the
calibration is derived the sam files are not recreated. This means that the salinity and
oxygen values found in the sam files are based on the manufacturers calibration only.