---Basic information---
Instrument : UltraPath (World Precision Instruments, Inc.)
Parameter  : absorption coefficients of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)
Unit       : m^-1
Status     : v1 (null-corrected)

---File information---
Mean spectra of scans for each depth:
TARA_Arctic_leg1-6_acdom_allspec_mean_v1.csv

Sampling stations:
tara_cdom.jpg

---Data---
Data Range : 200-727 nm 

---Note---
Stn       : Station number. UDW represents a sample from underway system
Botl      : Niskin bottle number from which a sample was taken
Path      : Optical pathlength in m
Saturation: Light saturation level. Criteria based on experimental data was used [Matsuoka, unpublished].
0 and 1 represent no- and possible-light saturation of the absorption coefficients at 350 nm, respectively.

---References---
1. Matsuoka et al.[2012], Biogeosciences, Vol.9, pp.925–940
2. Bricaud et al.[2010], J. Geophys. Res., 115, doi:10.1029/2009JC005517.

---Contact---
Name       : Atsushi Matsuoka (Universite Laval)
E-mail     : Atsushi.Matsuoka@takuvik.ulaval.ca; Marcel.Babin@takuvik.ulaval.ca