Analysing the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) data in MATLAB

This repository contains a collection of MATLAB scripts that I have developed to read, format and visualise freely-available oceanographic datasets from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS). These scripts were created to support the lab sessions in the Oxford’s 4th-year undergraduate field trip course. The visualisation style emulates the popular Ocean Data View (ODV) format, following the toolbox that the students will use in the lab session. The datasets analysed include: bottle data, pigment data, net primary production, particulate fluxes, zooplankton biomass and bacteria production.

Requirements

To use the content of this repository, ensure you have the following.

• MATLAB version R2021a or later installed.
• Third-party functions downloaded from MATLAB'S File Exchange: brewermap and subaxis. Once downloaded, please place the functions under a ./externalresources/ directory.
• Oceanographic datasets from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) downloaded from BATS/BIOS website: bats_bottle.txt, bats_pigments.txt, bats_primary_production_v003.txt, bats_flux_v003.txt, bats_zooplankton.txt and bats_bacteria_production.txt. Once downloaded, please place the files under a ./data/ directory.
• Oceanographic dataset of particle flux data from the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP) downloaded from BCO-DMO: OFP_particle_flux.csv. Once downloaded, please place the file under a ./data/ directory.