1985-1993 Northern California Hydrographic Data

CTD Data

• CTD data off the Northern California coast collected on cruises from 1985 to 1993.
• Data files are listed by project.
• File name is cruisename'mat'.# (w for R/V Wecoma,year,month).
• Files are in ascii columnar format with columns of station number, fractional year, decimal julian day, latitude, longitude, station bottom depth, depth, temperature (° C), salinity (‰), potential temperature (°C), sigma-t, specific volumn anamoly (CL/T), dynamic height (J/KG), station name [if named in original data file].
• Missing or known bad values are specified with negative 9(s).
• Salinity was computed using standard algorithms from Fofonoff and Millard, 1983 (Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of sea water. UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science, 44, 53 pp.)

Current Meter Data

• Current meter data format is described at: http://cmrecords.net/osu/howto.htm

CTD Data	Current Meter Data
OPTOMA : 1985	OPTOMA : 1985	References
CTZ: 1987-88	CTZ: 1987-88	References
EBC: 1993	EBC: 1993	References

ALSO: EBC Seasoar CTD and Shipboard ADCP data

References

 OSU OPTOMA Data

Papers:

Stabeno P. J. and R. L. Smith. 1987. Deep-Sea currents off northern California. J. Geophys. Res.,
92:(C1):755-771.

Rienecker, M. M., C.N.K. Mooers and R. L. Smith. 1988. Mesoscale variability in current meter measurements in the California Current System off northern California. J. Geophys. Res., 93:6711-6734.

Data Reports:

Smith, R. L., Pittock, G., Fleischbein, J. and R. Still. 1986. Current Measurements From Moorings Off Northern California: September 1984 - July 1985. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Data Report 121, Ref. 86-6. 211 pp.

OSU CTZ Data
Papers:

Brink, K. H., R. C. Beardsley, P. P. Niiler, M. Abbott, A. Huyer, S. Ramp, T. Stanton and D. Stuart. 1991. Statistical properties of near-surface flow in the California coastal transition zone. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,693-14,706.

Kosro, P. M., A. Huyer, S. R. Ramp, R. L. Smith, F. P. Chavez, T. J. Cowles, M. R. Abbott, P. T. Strub, R. T. Barber, P. Jessen and L. F. Small. 1991. The structure of the Transition Zone between coastal waters and the open ocean off northern California, winter and spring 1987. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,707-14,730.

Strub, P. T., P. M. Kosro, A. Huyer and CTZ Collaborators, 1991. The nature of the cold filaments in the California current system. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,743-14,768.

Hood, R. R., M. R. Abbott and A. Huyer, 1991. Phytoplankton and photosynthetic light response in the coastal transition zone off northern California in June 1987. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,769-14,780.

Huyer, A., P. M. Kosro, J. Fleischbein, S.R. Ramp, T. Stanton, L. Washburn, F. P. Chavez, T. Cowles, S. D. Pierce, and R. L. Smith. 1991. Currents and water masses of the coastal transition zone off northern California, June to August 1988. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,809-14,831.

Chavez, F. P., R. T. Barber, P. M. Kosro, A. Huyer, S. Ramp, T. P. Stanton, and B. Rojas de Mendiola. 1991. Horizontal transport and the distribution of nutrients in the coastal transition zone off northern California: effects on primary production, phytoplankton biomass and species composition. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,833-14,848.

Walstad, L. J., J. S. Allen, P. M. Kosro and A. Huyer. 1991. Dynamics of the Coastal Transition Zone in 1987 through Data Assimilation Studies. J. Geophys. Res., 96:14,957-14,977.

Data Reports:

Schramm, R. E., J. Fleischbein, A. Huyer and P. M. Kosro. 1987. CTD observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California 16-25 February 1987. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Data Report 137, Ref. 87-24, 62 pp.

Schramm, R. E., J. Fleischbein, J., R. Marsh, A. Huyer, P. M. Kosro, T. Cowles and N. Dudek. 1988. CTD Observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off Northern California, 18-27 May 1987. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Data Report 141, Ref. 88-3, 192 pp.

Schramm, R. E., J. Fleischbein, A. Huyer, P. M. Kosro, T. Cowles and N. Dudek. 1988. CTD observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California, 9-18 June 1987. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Data Report 142, Ref. 88-4.

Fleischbein, J., R. E. Schramm, A. Huyer, P. M. Kosro, T. Cowles and K. Kreft. 1988. CTD observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off Northern California, 18-27 June 1988. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Data Report 143, Ref. 88-9.

Fleischbein, J., R. E. Schramm, A. Huyer, P. M. Kosro, T. Cowles, K. Kreft, and C. Paulson. 1988. CTD observations in the Coastal Transition Zone off Northern California from R/V Wecoma, July to August 1988. College of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Data Report 144, Ref. 89-1.

OSU EBC Data

Papers:

Smith, R. L. 1992. Coastal upwelling in the modern ocean. In: Upwelling Systems: Evolution since the early Miocene C. P. Summerhayes, W. L. Prell, & K. C. Emeis, eds. Geological Society, Special Publication 63:9-28.

Smith, R. L. 1995. The physical processes of coastal upwelling systems. In: Upwelling in the ocean: Modern processes and ancient records. C.P. Summerhayes, K.-C. Emeis, M.V. Angel, R.L. Smith, and B. Zeitschel, eds.. John Wiley & Sons. Dahlem Workshop Environmental Sciences Research Report ES 18: 39-64.

Huyer, A., J. A. Barth, P. M. Kosro, R. K. Shearman, and R. L. Smith, 1997. Upper-Ocean Water Mass Characteristics of the California Current, Summer 1993. Deep-Sea Res., II, 45, 1411-1442.

Chereskin, T. K., M. Y. Morris, P. P. Niiler, P. M. Kosro, R. L. Smith, S. R. Ramp, C. A.
Collins and D. L. Musgrave. 2000. Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation
of the California Current from eddy-resolving moored and shipboard measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 105:1245-1269.

Barth, J. A., T. J. Cowles, P. M. Kosro, R. K. Shearman, A. Huyer, and R. L. Smith. 2002. Injection of carbon from the shelf to offshore beneath the euphotic zone in the California Current. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C6).

Data Report:

Kosro, P. M., J. A. Barth, J. Fleischbein, A. Huyer, R. O'Malley, K. Shearman, and R. L. Smith. 1995. SEASOAR and CTD observations during EBC cruises, W9306A and W9308B. COAS, OSU, Data Report 160, Ref. 95-2, 393 pp.