### Warm Core Rings MOCNESS tows
Integrated Biomass and Supporting Tow Information

Data taken during 6 cruises in the N. Atlantic from Sept. 1981 to Oct. 1982.

Samples were collected from the N. Atlantic Slope Water, Sargasso Sea, Gulf Stream, and from 3 different warm-core rings: 81D, 82B, 82H.

variable | description
--- | ---
cruise | ship name and cruise number
year | year, e.g. 1975
tow | MOCNESS tow number
day_local | local day, e.g. 28
month_local | local month, e.g. 11
time_local | local time, using 2400 clock format
lat | latitude (south in negative), in decimal degrees
lon | longitude (west is negative), in decimal degrees
depth_10deg | 10degree isotherm depth (m)
dist_RC | distance to ring center (km)
region | geographic area or proximity to a warm core ring
biomass_depth_50pcnt | depth above which half of biomass resides (m)
biomass_integr_200m | integrated biomass of top 200m (cc/m2)
biomass_integr_1000m | integrated biomass of top 1000m (cc/m2)

Data is from: Zooplankton Biomass and Related MOCNESS Data for Tows Taken on the 1981-82 Warm Core Rings Cruises. Valerie A. Barber and Peter Wiebe. WHOI Technical Report: WHOI-85-3 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. January, 1985. (pdf format)