
GENERAL INFORMATION 
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1. Dataset title:
Data from the EXO II multiparameter probe used during the BLUEMARO project samplings


2. Authors:
Nathalie Korbee Peinado (IP)
Félix López Figueroa (IP)
Jose Luis Ferres García (data management and sampling)
Javier Rodríguez Jiménez (data management and sampling)
Teodoro Ramírez Cárdenas (data management and sampling)

3. Author contact information: 

Nathalie Korbee Peinado, nkorbee@uma.es


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 
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1. Description of the methods for collection/generation of data: 

- These data have been obtained through sampling at different points along the northern coast of the Alboran Sea, specifically in the towns of Tarifa, Estepona and Maro. The data, obtained from boats, characterise different physico-chemical variables of the water column up to a depth of 20 metres. 
The different points established in these locations were sampled systematically over a period of two consecutive years 2022-2023, including some trips in 2024 to complete trips that, for meteorological reasons, could not be carried out. In total, a characterisation of the behaviour of the different variables on the north coast of Alboran during the different seasons of the year (winter, spring, summer and autumn) has been obtained.

3. Software or instruments needed to interpret the data:
- No specific software is required. The probe itself provides the data in .csv format.

4. Environmental or experimental conditions:
- Ej .: The environmental factor is of great importance and can influence variables such as currents, temperature, chlorophyll, conductivity. The sampling areas experience frequent episodes of coastal upwelling. 



DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
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1. Name File: Dataset-Multiparametric-Probe

1.1. Variables list:

Variable name:Date  
 	Description:date     
	Units of measure or value labels: date (DD/MM/YYYY)

Variable name:Depth_m 
 	Description:d negative depth values    
	Units of measure or value labels: meters (m)

Variable name:SpCond   
 	Description:Conductivity
	Units of measure or value labels: µS/cm

Variable name: Chlorophyll RFU  
 	Description: chlorophyll values in relative units   
	Units of measure or value labels:RFU (mg/l)

Variable name:pH
 	Description:pH
	Units of measure or value labels: pH units

Variable name:Temp_new  
 	Description: sea water temperature    
	Units of measure or value labels: centigrate grade (ºC)
      
1.2. Special formats or abbreviations used: each datum indicates the location, season of the year and the year (location_seasonyear_year)

locations: 
- Maro --> Mar
- Estepona --> Est
- Tarifa --> Tar

Season of the year
- Winter --> inv
- Spring --> prim 
- Summer --> ver
- Autumn --> oto

Year: 

2022 --> 22
2023 --> 23
2024 --> 24

for example indicates Winter in Estepona location in year 2023 --> Est_inv_23







