Readme file for Soiree DAS data

The files DAS_5MINUTE.TXT and DAS_5MINUTE.MAT contain underway data collected during SOIREE, sampled
at 5 minute intervals, in ascii and Matlab formats.

A Chelsea instruments CTD/Fluorometer was mounted in a chamber that was supplied with
flow-through sea-water. From this instrument Temperature and Fluorescence were logged. A
Chelsea Instruments Fasttracka FRRF was used to record phytoplankton photosynthetic 
competency (Fv/Fm).

The files also contain shipboard meteorological data. 

The data is presented in a raw, uncalibrated form. Missing data is marked by NaN.

All the underway fluorescence and FRRF data is presented separately in the files FLUOR.TXT and FLUOR.MAT
These include values for surface PAR obtained from Mark Gall (m.gall@niwa.cri.nz). In these files
the data is sampled at the times when the Fv/Fm was measured.

Queries to Edward Abraham (e.abraham@niwa.cri.nz)

19-Jan-2001
