Abstract:
A component of U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) is the
Arabian Sea Process Study. Eleven cruises took place aboard the R/V
Thomas G. Thompson for about sixteen months from October 1994 until
January 1996. These cruises provided seasonal coverage of the annual
monsoon and inter-monsoon cycles in the area southeast of Oman - from
... where the cruises were staged. The monsoons of the Arabian Sea drive
a uniquely intense carbon cycling system, and it is the goal of JGOFS
to better understand the role of the oceans in global carbon cycling.
Four cruises focused on collecting data by Seasoar, a towed undulating
vehicle measuring the following parameters in the upper ocean:
temperature, salinity, sigma theta, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a
fluorescence, dissolved organic matter (DOM) fluorescence,
photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and light transmission.
Seasoar Cruise 1: November 28 - December 18, 1994
Seasoar Cruise 2: February 3 - February 28, 1995
Seasoar Cruise 3: June 21 - July 13, 1995
Seasoar Cruise 4: September 20 - October 12, 1995
The data is public domain and can be retrieved on-line at
http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/jg/dir/jgofs/
[This information was obtained from U.S. JGOFS website at WHOI.] 
