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The handouts for our training class are available electronically, in Adobe Acrobat .pdf form.
| Module | Brief Description |
| TOC | Table of Contents |
| 0 | Introduction: Topics covered by course Sea-Bird company history and organization Introduction to ocean profiling; oceanographic terms and parameters |
| 1 | Introduction to Profiling Equipment: Real-time and internally-recorded profiling (SBE 911plus, 19, 19plus, 25, 49) Real-time profiling with internally recording instruments Modular sensors Water sampling equipment Autonomous profiling |
| 2 | Setup and Acquiring Data: SEATERM user interface (terminal program) SEASAVE real-time data acquisition program Internally recording instruments and real-time applications |
| 3 | Basic Data Processing: Data processing flow chart SBE Data Processing program Conversion to scientific units (Data Conversion) Bin Averaging (Bin Average) Data display (Sea Plot) Batch processing |
| 4 | Water Sampling and Deployment: Water sampling components and maintenance Water sampling with internally recording instruments Water sampling in real-time with internally recording instruments SeatermAF user interface (terminal program) Deployment issues -- grounding, plumbing, connections, etc. Data Conversion and Bottle Summary: Correlating CTD data with water samples |
| 5 | Miscellaneous Applications and Troubleshooting: Fresh water applications Sound velocity calculations Adding navigational data, surface PAR; adding 9600 baud data channel to 911plus Thermosalinographs: SBE 21 and 45 Troubleshooting -- real-time and internally recording systems, water samplers, deployment problems, data problems, NMEA problems |
| 6 | Making Measurements in the Ocean: Sampling theory; sampling and profiling rates How sensors work; sensor response times Coordinating measurements in time and space Calibration -- converting sensor output to scientific units |
| 7 | Getting the Highest Accuracy Data: Care and drift of temperature, conductivity, pressure, dissolved oxygen, and pH sensors Using calibrations to improve data |
| 8 | Getting the Highest Accuracy Data, Continued: Field calibrations: pressure, temperature, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen Discrete sampling PALACE Float |
| 9 | Advanced Data Processing: SBE 9plus / 11plus SBE 19plus Acquiring and converting data Filtering conductivity Aligning data Compensating for conductivity cell thermal mass Filtering pressure for digitization effects Removing data artifacts induced by ship heave Data processing tips Ancillary data processing |
| 10 | Moored Instruments: SBE 16, 16plus, 37, and 39 Memory capacity and battery endurance Inductive modem telemetry and instruments |
| 11 | Setup of Moored Instruments: Resolution and sampling theory SEATERM user interface (terminal program) Status reports, headers, and data formats Converting sensor output to scientific units Preparing for deployment |
| 12 | Getting the Highest Accuracy Data from Moored
Instruments: Care of sensors in the field: temperature, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen Conductivity positive drift Correcting data with pre- and post-deployment calibrations Correcting data by comparing to profiling data |
| 13 | Wave and Tide Instruments -- Theory and Setup: SBE 26 and 26plus; measuring tides and waves Deployment planning Setting up the SBE 26 and 26plus Measurement sequence Adding conductivity Deployment and recovery Troubleshooting |
| 14 | Wave and Tide Instruments -- Data Processing: Separating data into wave data and tide data Processing wave measurements Tabulating wave data Removing barometric pressure Graphing wave and tide data |