Unfortunately the CTD sensor for the MVP was unavailable due to a micro-fracture in the conductivity cell. As a result, all the underway profiling is just with a sound speed probe. Thus the relative control of temperature and salinity is unknown. As a result it was decided to stop (very rarely) and actually take a conventional CTD.
The added advantage of using the Seabird CTD rather than just the Midas probes is that, in addition to temperature and conductivity, it also measures :
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Fluorescence
- Turbidity
All these three indicate the presence of phytoplankton (chlorophyll - fluorescence) and photosynthesis and respiration (dissolved oxygen).
The locations and times were:
- 50 43.46 -007 -50.25 SB_01_Jul_25_2017_08:59:50
- 50 37.05 -007 -44.97 SB_02_Jul_29_2017_07:09:43
- 50 37.06 -007 -44.97 SB_02b_Jul_29_2017_07:02:52
- 50 34.88 -008 -25.84 SB_02_Jul_31_2017_14:18:10
- 50 34.90 -008 -04.42 SB_02_Aug_01_2017_13:47:06
