2015 Data

This contains the final (processed) data and raw data from NF-15-02/03 conducted aboard the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER between 11 April 2015 and 02 June 2015. This was a merged research cruise combining the Larval Bluefin Tuna Ecology Survey (LBTES), Coral Reef Ecosystem Research (CRER), and Bluefin Tuna Ecology (BTE) field efforts for 2015. CLEARANCE COUNTRIES: Anguilla, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands The data includes: CTD: processed and raw data from all conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) casts (ASCII format) LADCP: processed and raw data from all lowered acoustic Doppler profiler (LADCP) casts (ASCII and binary format) SADCP: processed and raw hull-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (SADCP) data from the completed cruise ship track (matlab.mat data file,.asc ASCII data file surface velocities only, and raw binary and ASCII files). TSG: processed and raw sea surface, flow-through data collected with the ship's thermosalinograph (TSG) and fluorometer, covering the completed cruise ship track (XLS and ASCII format) FISH: processed and raw larval fish (ichthyoplankton) data collected from the various net tows performed during the cruise (XLS and PDF format)