Spectrophotometer

Reference Designator
RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Review Status
Review Complete
Note
The OPTAA data were run through the automated QC tests, but were not reviewed visually.
Depth
5 to 200m
Class
OPTAA (Absorption Spectrophotometer)
Make / Model
WET Labs / AC-S

Dataset Reviews Last processed:

QC Check Info
Dep. Preferred Method Stream DD FD SG EG Gaps GD TS Rate (s) Pressure Comp. Time Order Valid Data Missing Data Data Comp. Missing Coords. Review
1 streamed optaa_sample / Complete
2 streamed optaa_sample 372 59 85 227 0 0 17,186,457 / 198 1 2 2 Complete
3 streamed optaa_sample 382 151 0 231 0 0 47,505,565 / 192 1 2 2 Complete
4 streamed optaa_sample 337 275 2 0 4 63 9,501,216 / 192 1 2 2 Complete
Data Ranges Review Images

Test Notes

  1. unique and ascending not tested
  2. no other streams for comparison

Data Coverage

Deployment: 1234
optaa_sample 16%40%82%

Lat/Lon Differences (km)

Deployment: 1234
2 0.00
3 0.000.00
4 0.000.000.00

System Annotations

Metadata Start Date End Date Comment
RS03AXPS
12/7/14, 2:45 PM 12/15/14, 7:00 PM

Note: PFE down. HVPS1 MOV explosion, 800A breaker tripped, investigation and restoration

Id: 1296 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/7/15, 2:32 AM 1/7/15, 3:06 AM

Note: PNWGP Portland <-> Seattle outage

Id: 1299 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/30/15, 7:00 PM 2/3/15, 7:00 PM

Note: Intermittent partial data loss due to storage drive problems at OTB

Id: 1300 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
3/21/15, 10:10 AM 3/22/15, 12:20 AM

Note: PNWGP outage due to City of Seattle fiber cable work

Id: 1306 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
6/12/15, 8:00 PM 6/15/15, 12:30 PM

Note: Network issues due to fire that damaged fibers between Portland and Seattle

Id: 1309 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
8/28/15, 8:00 PM 8/28/15, 8:30 PM

Note: Outage during major utility power failure in Seattle

Id: 1313 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/7/16, 1:10 AM 1/7/16, 1:52 AM

Note: Four 1-minute outages between Portland and Seattle due to maintenance

Id: 1314 By: knuth

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Method: streamed
Stream: optaa_sample
2/18/16, 4:20 AM 3/8/16, 11:42 PM

Data values are within plausible ranges, but lower than usual L0 conductivity values from the CTD throughout the entire water column during this time period make the values suspect.

Id: 1317 By: knuth
Flag: suspect Exclude: No

RS03AXPS
3/10/16, 6:06 PM 3/11/16, 4:30 AM

Note: Fiber break between Portland and Seattle

Id: 1319 By: knuth

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Method: streamed
Stream: optaa_sample
4/24/16, 10:24 PM 5/1/16, 11:30 AM

Data values are within plausible ranges, but lower than usual L0 conductivity values from the CTD throughout the entire water column during this time period make the values suspect.

Id: 1328 By: knuth
Flag: suspect Exclude: No

RS03AXPS
5/20/16, 12:33 PM 5/20/16, 2:04 PM

Note: Fiber break between Portland and Pacific City

Id: 1331 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
7/11/16, 10:53 PM 7/11/16, 11:51 PM

Note: Unexplained loss of power at Pittock Building in Portland

Id: 1335 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
12/17/16, 1:00 PM 12/17/16, 2:00 PM

Note: Corvalis data center lost power

Id: 1336 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
12/21/16, 8:50 PM 12/23/16, 7:44 AM

Note: Fiber break in Portland due to train crash

Id: 1337 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/8/17, 2:58 PM 1/8/17, 4:41 PM

Note: Network outage during major Seattle utility power failure

Id: 1338 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/9/17, 1:32 PM 1/9/17, 4:30 PM

Note: Lightning strike in Pacific City led to data interruption through isolation of both cable lines from shore station equipment.

Id: 1339 By: knuth

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Method: streamed
Stream: optaa_sample
1/12/17, 8:00 AM 1/12/17, 12:00 PM

Data values are within plausible ranges, but lower than usual L0 conductivity values from the CTD throughout the entire water column during this time period make the values suspect.

Id: 1342 By: knuth
Flag: suspect Exclude: No

RS03AXPS-SF03A
1/26/17, 7:00 PM 7/31/17, 8:00 PM

Note: On Thursday, January 26th, the Shallow Profiler at Axial Base (SC03A) stopped during the profiler down cast. Analysis of the data indicates the Science Pod (SciP) turned around (commenced down cast profiles) below its normal ceiling due to wave action. The SciP completed three 10m steps down, as scheduled, and was approximately halfway into the fourth step when a speed mismatch of the level wind / winch occurred. Investigation of the engineering data revealed the EM cable is tangled on the drum. The current depth of the SciP is approximately 50m below the surface. The Science Pod is powered and science/engineering data continued to be collected.

Id: 1344 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
2/7/17, 8:00 AM 2/7/17, 10:00 AM

Note: Outage during PNWGP 1-hour router-maintenance

Id: 1345 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
2/15/17, 9:43 AM 2/15/17, 12:16 PM

Note: On Wednesday, February 15, power to the North and South cable lines of the Cabled Array was interrupted and all deployed infrastructure went offline. Power was restored on February 16. No hardware issue subsea was identified.

Id: 1349 By: knuth

RS03AXPS
1/18/18, 10:00 PM 1/19/18, 2:00 PM

A brief violent storm caused loss of power to both the North and South cable lines and the deployed infrastructure during this time. For more information please contact help@oceanobservatories.org. (Redmine # 13109)

Id: 329 By: friedrich.knuth
Flag: not_operational Exclude: No

Review Notes

Metadata Start Date End Date Comment
RS03AXPS-SF03A

There are no deployment depths in asset management for any of the instruments on the shallow profiler.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/6/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A

It looks like the profiler was stuck at the bottom at several points during deployments 1 and 2. This should be annotated.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/9/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301

According to Roesler and Barnard (Optical proxy for phytoplankton biomass in the absence of photophysiology: Rethinking the absorption line height, Methods in Oceanography, 2013), “absorption meters are highly prone to biofouling, particularly biofilms which not only attenuate the collimated beam but also impact the scattering properties of the optical surfaces and tubes. In productive coastal waters biofouling can have significant impacts (i.e. 10% of the signal) within one to two weeks”.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/11/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Deployment: 1

There are no data available for download for deployment 1 - this should be annotated.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/11/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Deployment: 2

11% of beam_attenuation and 31% of optical_absorption values are NaNs, outside of global ranges, or outliers (+/-5 SD) for this deployment.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/11/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Deployment: 3

20% of beam_attenuation and 59% of optical_absorption values are NaNs, outside of global ranges, or outliers (+/-5 SD) for this deployment.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/11/19

RS03AXPS-SF03A-3B-OPTAAD301
Deployment: 4

28% of optical_absorption values are NaNs, outside of global ranges, or outliers (+/-5 SD) for this deployment.

By Lori Garzio, on 12/11/19

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