************************************************* Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) Sediment Trap Data Readme file Last update: Aug 2017 ************************************************* For Enquiries regarding the ftp site or the data please contact: Rodney Johnson: rod.johnson@bios.edu AND Fernando Pacheco: fernando.pacheco@bios.edu ************************************************************************ BATS Sediment Trap is available for the period : October 1988 to December 2016 BATS 001 to BATS 331 *********************************************************************** Contents: batsftp.bios.edu/BATS/flux/A_README_FLUX.txt batsftp.bios.edu/BATS/flux/bats_flux.txt ************************************************************************ bats_flux.txt: /Comments filename: bats_flux.txt Contains sediment trap data for BATS cruises for years 1988-2016 /NOTE: The cruise list contains all of the cruises that fall within the specified range. However, a cruise may not contain data for the parameters requested. /Variable list cr = Cruise A unique number identifying the cruise 5 digit number !####, where ! = Cruise type, 1=BATS core. #### = Cruise number e.g., 10048 is BATS core 48 dep = Depth yymmdd1 = Year Month Day (deployment) yymmdd2 = Year Month Day (recovery) decy1 = Decimal Year (deployment) decy2 = Decimal Year (recovery) Lat1 = Latitude (deployment) Lat2 = Latitude (recovery) Long1 = Longitude (deployment) Long2 = Longitude (recovery) M1 = Mass flux #1 (mg /m^2/day) M2 = Mass flux #2 (mg /m^2/day) M3 = Mass flux #3 (mg /m^2/day) Mavg = Average mass flux (mg /m^2/day) C1 = Organic Carbon flux #1 (mgC/m^2/day) C2 = Organic Carbon flux #2 (mgC/m^2/day) C3 = Organic Carbon flux #3 (mgC/m^2/day) Cavg = Average Organic Carbon flux (mgC/m^2/day) N1 = Nitrogen flux #1 (mgN/m^2/day) N2 = Nitrogen flux #2 (mgN/m^2/day) N3 = Nitrogen flux #3 (mgN/m^2/day) Navg = Average Nitrogen flux (mgN/m^2/day) P1 = Phosphorus flux #1 (mmol/m^2/day) P2 = Phosphorus flux #2 (mmol/m^2/day) P3 = Phosphorus flux #3 (mmol/m^2/day) Pavg = Average Phosphorus flux (mmol/m^2/day) FBC1 = Field Blank corrected Organic Carbon flux #1 (mgC/m^2/day) FBC2 = Field Blank correctedOrganic Carbon flux #2 (mgC/m^2/day) FBC3 = Field Blank correctedOrganic Carbon flux #3 (mgC/m^2/day) FBCavg = Field Blank correctedAverage Organic Carbon flux (mgC/m^2/day) FBN1 = Field Blank correctedNitrogen flux #1 (mgN/m^2/day) FBN2 = Field Blank correctedNitrogen flux #2 (mgN/m^2/day) FBN3 = Field Blank correctedNitrogen flux #3 (mgN/m^2/day) FBNavg = Field Blank correctedAverage Nitrogen flux (mgN/m^2/day) /Quality flags -999 = No data 0 = Less than detection limit /Variables cr , dep , yymmdd1, yymmdd2, decy1 , decy2 , Lat1 , Lat2 , long1 , long2, M1 , M2 , M3 , M_avg, C1 , C2 , C3 , Cavg , N1 , N2 , N3 , Navg, P1 , P2 , P3 , Pavg, FBC1 , FBC2 , FBC3, FBCavg, FBN1 , FBN2, FBN3 , FBNavg,