BCO-DMO

Instrument: SLOWDROP Optical Profiler

Acronym: SLOWDROP

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The SLOWDROP Optical Profiler is a free-falling instrument package that "has a Sea-Bird 911+ CTD, two multiwavelength absorption meters (WetLabs ac-9), and a multiexcitation spectrofluorometer (WetLabs SAFIRE) as its basic configuration. The package is deployed on a loose data tether, with sufficient buoyancy on the package to obtain descent rates of 15-20 cm/s. These slow descent rates allow data acquisition on centimeter spatial scales and result in multiparameter characterization of small-scale features." (Cowles, et al.,1998)

References: Cowles, T.J., et al., 1998. Small-scale Planktonic Structure: Persistence and Trophic Consequences. Oceanography, Vol. 11(1), pp. 4-9.

Dataset Name	PI-Supplied Description	PI-Supplied Name
Discrete phytoplankton, HPLC, flow cytometry, and nutrient data from GLOBEC NEP mesoscale cruises in the Northeast Pacific from 2000-2002 (NEP project)	This free-falling profiling system provided high resolution vertical profiles of temperature,salinity, density (using associated CTD), along with bioptical properties. In addition, the optical instruments on the SLOWDROP profiler also provided calibration for the ac-9 and fluorometers used on the SeaSoar.	SLOWDROP Optical Profiler

Instrument: SLOWDROP Optical Profiler

Acronym: SLOWDROP

External Identifier:

Description

Instrument: SLOWDROP Optical Profiler

Acronym: SLOWDROP

External Identifier:

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