BEAGLE 2003, Leg 4, Santos (Brazil) to Cape Town (South Africa) HPLC Pigment and Ocean Colour Data

Created 24/06/2017

Updated 24/06/2017

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Sciences and Technology (JAMSTEC) sponsored this research cruise - a circumnavigation of the Southern hemisphere using the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic Program (WHP) lines in the southern hemisphere to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its establishment. The research cruise was named "BEAGLE 2003" (Blue EArth GLobal Expedition 2003) and carried out on the RV MIRAI. This is a subset of the Beagle 2003 data set and contains the HPLC pigment and particulate absorption coefficient data collected on leg 4, between Santos, Brazil and Cape Town, South Africa from the 7 Nov to 1 Dec 2003. The data can be used for Ocean Colour sensor validation. Parameters measured on the leg are the concentration of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments and the absorption coefficent for particulate (a/p) components of the water column. Samples were collected at 33 stations. The data was used primarily to validate ocean colour sensors MERIS, MODIS and SeaWIFs and the SST sensor AATSR.

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Title BEAGLE 2003, Leg 4, Santos (Brazil) to Cape Town (South Africa) HPLC Pigment and Ocean Colour Data
Language English
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/ca7f4094-735a-4c11-91e6-eb5eff0a5600
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CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere - Information and Data Centre
data-requests-hf@csiro.au
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-47.2, -30.0], [12.3, -30.0], [12.3, -27.8], [-47.2, -27.8], [-47.2, -30.0]]]}
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This dataset was originally found on data.gov.au "BEAGLE 2003, Leg 4, Santos (Brazil) to Cape Town (South Africa) HPLC Pigment and Ocean Colour Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/beagle-2003-leg-4-santos-brazil-to-cape-town-south-africa-hplc-pigment-and-ocean-colour-data