Western English Channel

Vertical spatial coordinates; Date and time; Dissolved organic carbon uptake and production in the water column; Optical backscatter; Salinity of the water column; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Density of the water column

Fluorometers; optical backscatter sensors; salinity sensor; water pressure sensors; water temperature sensor; dissolved gas sensors

Glider data - temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, CDOM, BBP and dissolved oxygen from the English Channel, collected as part of the CAMPUS (Combining Autonomous observations and Models for Predicting and Understanding Shelf seas) project. The purpose of this dataset was proof of concept for a UK Met Office numerical model for predicting phytoplankton bloom locations and also for assimilation into these models for improved forecasting. This is the delayed-mode data set from the glider (high-resolution data stored on the glider and post processed). The data were processed from binary files using a Matlab toolbox and calibrated where possible using CTD data.

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Merseyside
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United Kingdom