SeaBASS Submission Checklist: Spectral Absorption and Attenuation Data (AC-S data)

R/V Thomas G. Thompson
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TN444 - PVST_SOPACE
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	1.	 1.)	For all files, provide: 
	a.	 a.)	Device file used for data processing (*.dev).
	b.	Provided: ‘ACS111_20231006.dev’ 
	c.	 b.)	Source of temperature & salinity dependencies (e.g., Sullivan et al 2006).
	d.	Sullivan et al. 2006
	e.	 c.)	Reference temperature used (either from device file or arbitrary).
	f.	Device file
	g.	 d.)	Pure Water offsets used, with description of method.
	h.	Not used, only ap and cp was calculated using the calibration independent method (similar to Slade et al. 2010)
	i.	 e.)	CTD data collected simultaneously.
	j.	Provided in the file
	k.	 f.)	Include the actual calibration data as part of your submission.
	l.	Device file included
	1.	 2.)	If reporting agp,
	2.	ap provided. Description of corrections in processing document.
	a.	 a.)	Include scattering correction used, with description of method.
	b.	Use both Zaneveld et al., (1994) method 3 (proportional, zero offset at 715nm) AND a variation on Rottgers et al. (2013, provide an added spectrally flat offset based on value of measured absorption at 715nm). See processing document.
	c.	 b.)	Include data that have only been temperature, salinity, and pure water corrected.
	d.	Included.
	1.	 3.)	If reporting binned data, include:
	a.	 a.)	Number of observations per bin (bincount). 
	b.	Included
	c.	 b.)	Some measure of uncertainty (e.g., _sd, or another metric).
	d.	Included
	e.	 c.)	Report the method of averaging the bins (e.g., type of mean, or median).
	f.	Mean of 2.5 to 97.5 percentiles for every minute
	1.	 4.)	If reporting filtered data,
	a.	 a.)	Report the pore size of the filter. 
	b.	0.2 µm