Dataset: Estimates of Euphotic Zone (EZ) depths from R/V Roger Revelle cruise RR2201 in the Eastern Indian Ocean (Argo Basin) from February to March 2022

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.943861.1Version 1 (2024-11-18)Dataset Type:Cruise Results

Principal Investigator: Michael R. Landry (University of California-San Diego Scripps)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Program: Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2)

Project: Collaborative Research: Mesoscale variability in nitrogen sources and food-web dynamics supporting larval southern bluefin tuna in the eastern Indian Ocean (BLOOFINZ-IO)


Abstract

This dataset contains estimates of Euphotic Zone (EZ) depths based on mean light extinction coefficients calculated from PAR sensor readings at 5 and 100 meters from cruise RR2201 on R/V Roger Revelle (BLOOFINZ-IO, January-March 2022) in the Argo Basin region off NW Australia.

Euphotic Zone (EZ) depth was defined as the depth at which photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) was 1% of incident surface radiation. Mean light extinction coefficients (Ext Coeff, m-1) were calculated from PAR sensor readings at 5 and 100 meters from CTD downcast profiles at 1-meter resolution according to the equation:

Ext Coeff = -ln(PAR100m/PAR5m)/95.

Euphotic Zone (m) was calculated as EZ = -ln(0.01)/(Ext Coeff).

The RR2201 cruise report can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/1834/43464.


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Landry, M. R. (2025). R/V Roger Revelle Cruise RR2201 BLOOFINZ-IO Cruise Report. Eastern Indian Ocean larval tuna habitat study 20 January – 14 March 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/1834/43464