CTD AND XBT CASTS

CTD casts were taken on surveyed area. Data were collected by a Mod. 911Plus SBE profiling system. CTD data (conductivity, temperature, oxygen, fluorimetry) were taken by a Seabird SBE 11 PLUS interface and SEASAVE V5.33 PC software. XBT were collected by a Sippican hand-held launcher and a MK21 data logger interface and software(USB). DGPS NMEA Position data were interfaced directly to the CTD and XBT acquisition systems.

The position of the XBT and CTD stations are reported in Tables 5 and 6, respectively, and can be viewed in Fig. 1. The recorded data were converted to the CNV (for CTD) and EDF (for XBT) formats and further plotted with the ODV software [Schlitzer(2004)]. The Sound Velocity data from the acquired profiles were immediately imported into the PDS-2000 software for multibeam data corrections (see Fig.6.

Table 5: XBT Stations geographical positions.

LON	LAT	DATE	TIME UTC	STATION
11:30.32	41:53.05	24062007	0628	2899_T6
11:35.92	41:43.29	24062007	0734	3499_T7
11:40.30	41:36.06	24062007	0821	2199_T7
11:40.63	41:35.50	24062007	0825	2599_T7
11:47.75	41:23.77	24062007	0941	4199_T7
11:54.37	41:12.33	24062007	1054	5499_T7
12:02.87	40:57.53	24062007	1229	2999_T7
12:08.77	40:47.15	24062007	1336	3699_T7
12:15.27	40:35.90	24062007	1451	5199_T7
12:20.84	40:26.03	24062007	1555	5599_T7
12:26.68	40:15.96	24062007	1700	0099_T7
12:32.69	40:04.79	24062007	1813	1399_T7
12:38.42	39:47.88	24062007	2205	0599_T7
12:52.44	39:42.95	24062007	2316	1699_T7
13:06.20	39:38.30	25062007	0029	2999_T7
13:20.44	39:33.37	25062007	0144	4499_T7
13:29.93	39:30.18	25062007	0909	0999_T5
13:04.30	39:00.28	25062007	1344	4499_T5
13:17.66	39:15.63	25062007	1130	3099_T5
12:53.89	38:47.81	25062007	1518	1899_T7
12:48.51	38:41.01	25062007	1604	0499_T6
12:42.96	38:34.10	25062007	1654	5499_T7
12:37.35	38:27.35	25062007	1745	4599_T7
12:21.81	38:08.23	25062007	2007	0799_T6
11:30.41	37:16.33	26062007	0350	5099_T6
12:48.70	38:14.21	27062007	1254	5499_T7
12:09.45	38:08.44	27062007	0939	3999_T6
12:38.25	38:12.33	27062007	1201	0199_T6
13:03.47	38:16.78	27062007	1410	1099_T6
11:51.00	38:06.77	27062007	0559	5999_T7
11:45.92	38:08.63	27062007	0743	4399_T7
11:54.12	38:08.32	27062007	0825	2599_T7

Table 6: CTD Stations positions.

LON	LAT	DATE	TIME UTC	STATION
1150.7800	3807.1900	2007-06-27		214
1146.0060	3808.7058	2007-06-27	07:41:01	215
1129.22	3716.93	2007-06-26	07:02:00	460

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Figure 6: Cruise MS07. XBT whole data set (temperature, left, Sound velocity, right, unfiltered).