Dataset: delta_N_C
Deployment: NBP-96-4

Natural nitrogen and carbon stable isotopic composition

Principal Investigator:

Mark A. Altabet (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth SMAST, UMASSD-SMAST)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Roger Francois (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)

Version:

January 2, 2002

Deployment Synonyms:

NBP9604, NBP96_4

Version Date:

2002-01-02

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/450999/data

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Description

Natural nitrogen and carbon stable isotopic composition

Methods & Sampling

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   PI:              Mark Altabet and Roger Francois
   of:              University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (Altabet)
                    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Francois)
   dataset:         Natural nitrogen and carbon stable isotopic composition
   dates:           August 31, 1996 to September 18, 1996
   location:        N: -46.4002  S: -63.9078  W: -178.357  E: -169.364
   project/cruise:  AESOPS/NBP-96-4 - Site Survey Cruise
   ship:            R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
 
   Methods for nitrate isotopic reported in:
   Sigman, D. M., M. A. Altabet, R. Michener, D. C. McCorkle, B. Fry and R. M.
   Holmes. (1997). Natural Abundance-level measurement of the nitrogen isotopic
   composition of oceanic nitrate: an adaptation of the ammonia diffusion
   method. Mar. Chem. 57, 227-242.
 
   Methods for POM isotopic composition in:
   Altabet, M. A., and R. Francois, 1994.  Sedimentary N isotopic ratio as a
   recorder for surface ocean nitrate utilization.  Global Biogeochemical
   Cycles., 8, 103-116.

Data Processing Description

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Instruments

Niskin bottle

Supplied Name: Niskin Bottle

Supplied Description:

CTD clean rosette (Niskin) bottles were used to collect water samples.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Niskin bottle

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0412/

Generic Description:

A Niskin bottle (a next generation water sampler based on the Nansen bottle) is a cylindrical, non-metallic water collection device with stoppers at both ends. The bottles can be attached individually on a hydrowire or deployed in 12, 24, or 36 bottle Rosette systems mounted on a frame and combined with a CTD. Niskin bottles are used to collect discrete water samples for a range of measurements including pigments, nutrients, plankton, etc.

Trace Metal Bottle

Supplied Description:

Trace metal (TM) clean rosette bottles were used to collect water samples.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Trace Metal Bottle

Acronym: TM Bottle

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/30/

Generic Description:

Trace metal (TM) clean rosette bottle used for collecting trace metal clean seawater samples.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	event number, from event log		event
sta	station number, from event log		sta
cast	cast number		cast
cast_type	CTD = Ctd rosette TM = Trace Metal rosette		cast_type
bot	rosette bottle number		bot
depth_n	nominal or target sample depth	meters	depth_n
dN15_NO3	delta 15N of dissolved nitrate	per mil (ppt)<br>	no_bcodmo_term
dN15_POM	delta 15N of particulate organic	per mil (ppt)<br>	no_bcodmo_term
dC13_POM	delta 13C of particulate organic	per mil (ppt)<br>	no_bcodmo_term

Database

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Dataset: delta_N_C
Deployment: NBP-96-4