BATS Bottle

Dataset Name Sensor Make Spatial Resolution Temporal Resolution Start Date End Date
BATS Bottle buoy Observation Irregular Irregular 1988-10-20 2016-12-16

Dataset Description

The BATS Bottle dataset is a collection of discrete bottle samples from 1988-2014. Cruise_ID is in the following format:  8 digit number !###$$$@@, where, !   =Cruise type, 1=BATS core, 2=BATS Bloom a, and 3=BATS Bloom b, etc. ### =Cruise number. $$$  =Cast number, 1-80=CTD casts, 81-99=Hydrocasts (i.e. 83 = Data from Hydrocast number 3). @@ =Niskin number

Table of Variables


Data Source

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences - http://bats.bios.edu/

How to Acknowledge

Deborah K Steinberg, Craig A Carlson, Nicholas R Bates, Rodney J Johnson, Anthony F Michaels, Anthony H Knap, Overview of the US JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS): a decade-scale look at ocean biology and biogeochemistry, Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 48, Issues 8–9, 2001, Pages 1405-1447, ISSN 0967-0645, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00148-X. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706450000148X)

Version History

Dataset Accessed Jan 17th, 2020