R/V New Horizon

Background

Scripps Institution of Oceanography's R/V New Horizon was used during the two weeks of MUSE to deploy drifters, gather data about the iron influence during upwelling events, and pull an undulating towfish to gather salinity, temperature and optical data.  

Natural Iron Enrichment
Occurring to a measurable extent in coastal upwelling zones, certain processes control the transformation of resuspended iron into bioavailable iron.  The "natural iron enrichment experiment" looked at the entrainment in upwelled water of iron-rich sediment from the continental shelf.  This iron is important to phytoplankton growth, but only two previous experiments have tracked it.  
Continuous measurements of particulate and dissolved iron were made from an ultra-clean seawater intake towfish aboard the R/V New Horizon during the period of August 19-31. Dissolvable iron concentrations were measured continuously at the sea surface and particulate iron concentrations were determined daily near the drifter.  
Other measurements taken from the New Horizon included ADCP currents, fluorescence, salinity, and temperature from an underway CTD (UCTD) and a separate profiling CTD (PCTD).  The R/V New Horizon has a permanently installed RD Instruments RD-VM series acoustic doppler current profiler. It is mounted to the bottom of the hull just forward of amidships and to starboard of the centerline. The system utilizes the doppler effect to measure currents in the water column. Current profiles can be produced in up to 128 depth cells, each cell being variable from 1 to 32 meters, to a maximum depth of 700 meters. When the bottom is within range an earth-referenced vessel velocity can be obtained which allows for measurement of currents in absolute terms. Data are processed on an IBM compatible PC. The system takes inputs from the ship's gyro compass and a Trimble 10X GPS/LORAN-C navigation receiver.
A Seabird SBE-21 Conductivity Temperature sensor was mounted on the R/V New Horizon. It accurately determines sea surface temperature and conductivity from underway vessels. 

Day of the year - 240


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R/V New Horizon Data
Original ADCP Data 
(in directory: Original\Ships\NewHorizon\ADCP) 		Processed ADCP Data 
(in directory: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\ADCP)

Original Iron Data 
(in directory: 
Original\Ships\NewHorizon\iron) 		Processed Iron Data 
(in directory:
Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\iron)
No Original Data. MuseFe.csv
GIF images  Iron Data
 Data reside in: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\Iron\images
Original Met Data 
(in directory: Original\Ships\NewHorizon\Met)		 Processed Met Data 
(in directory: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\Met)
August
     1  2  3  4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31  
September
          1 2
August
     1  2  3  4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31    
September
          1 2

Original Navigation Data 
(in directory: Original\Ships\NewHorizon\Nav)		 Processed Navigation Data 
(in directory: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\Nav\images)
August
     1  2  3  4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31  
August
     1  2  3  4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31    
Original PCTD Data 
(in directory: Original\Ships\NewHorizon\PCTD) 		Processed PCTD Data 
(in directory: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\PCTD\images)
Date Data from Casts Date Data from Casts Image of Casts

August 19

 1

August 19

 1 1
August 20 2 3 August 20 2 3 2 3
August 21 4 5 6 7 8 9 August 21 4 5 6 7 8 9 4 5 6 7 8 9
August 22 10 11 12  August 22 10 11 12  10 11 12 
August 23 13 14 15 16 August 23 13 14 15 16 13 14 15 16
August 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 August 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 17 18 19 20 21 22
August 25 23 24 25 26 27 August 25 23 24 25 26 27 23 24 25 26 27
August 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 August 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
August 27 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 August 27 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
August 28 46 47 August 28 46 47 46 47
August 29 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 August 29 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
August 30 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 August 30 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64

August 31

 65 66

August 31

 65 66 65 66
Original UCTD Data 
(in directory: Original\Ships\NewHorizon\UCTD) 		Processed UCTD Data 
(in directory: Processed\Ships\NewHorizon\UCTD)

 Con File

 Daily Files
August
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6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31    
August
     1  2  3  4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31    

Hex File

August
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30  31    
  • All UCTD - daily files combined
  • NHCTDTOW_odv.zip (Ocean Data View collection 1.9 MB zip archive - also includes Towfish data)
Metadata from R/V New Horizon data
Reside within data directories
Original R/V New Horizon Metadata Processed R/V New Horizon Metadata

Data Index Aircraft AUV CODAR
Drifters Moorings Satellites Ships