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General

Dataset Name: CTD station data collected in the Strait of Magellan (1989)
Data Holding Centre: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Time Period: November 1989
Start Date: 1989-01-01
End Date: 1989-12-31
Project

Geocoverage: 99 CTD profiles distributed as follows: 76 CTD stations covering the area from the Atlantic entrance (Punta Dungeness) to the Pacific ends (Cabo Deseado), including Bahia Inutil; 23 profiles at a fixed station in the Canal Ancho over 12 hours at 30 minute intervals
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east): -55, -75, -67, -52
Sea Area: South Atlantic Ocean; South Pacific Ocean; Southern Ocean

Parameters: Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Air pressure; Air temperature; Atmospheric humidity; Wind strength and direction; Secchi disk depth
Instruments

Summary: Strait of Magellan Project, oceanography and sedimentology: an interdisciplinary study of physical, biochemical, and sedimentological features on pre-Antarctic region in the framework of Italian Research Programme in Antarctica (PNRA) - The CTD data were collected in the framework of the Magellan Project during the first cruise carried out in the austral spring, from 31 October to 14 November 1989. The aim of this survey was to study, with an interdisciplinary approach, the sedimentology of the Strait of Magellan; the study was also extended to cover hydrological and hydrobiological features. The original CTD data were quality controlled, analyzed and worked up by OGS. The high resolution vertical profiles of each station were averaged over 1 dbar pressure intervals, when the CTD was lowered. The salinity has been computed according to the practical salinity scale of 1978. The averaged data are stored as depth series per station.
Originator: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
References: "Panella, S., Michelato, A., Perdicaro, R., Magazzu', G., Decembrini, F., Scarazzato, P.; 1991: A preliminary contribution to understanding the hydrological characteristics of the Strait of Magellan: Austral Spring 1989. In Strait of Magellan Project: Oceanography and Sedimentology, Special Issue, Boll. di Oceanol. Teor. ed Appl., Vol. IX, n.2-3, 107-126" 1991-06-01, unknown, unknown

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Contact: Mosetti R.
Address: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography; Sgonico (Trieste); 34010; Italy; rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it; http://www.ogs.trieste.it/