Discrete Surface Samples
Discrete water samples were collected while underway following protocols outlined in Dickson and others (2007). Surface water samples were collected for measurement of pH, total alkalinity(TA)/total carbon, nutrients (NH4, silica, PO4, and NO2+N), stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition, elemental analysis, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and particulate organic carbon (POC). Water samples were removed from the sampling port of the vessel's flow-through seawater system in the main laboratory. More than 525 pH and TA discrete samples were measured underway. Samples of pH and TA samples were collected hourly analyzed. The rest of the suite of samples was typically taken every 2 h. Particulate organic carbon samples were collected twice daily. The results of the land-based analyses of total alkalinity/total carbon, nutrients (NH4, silica, PO4, and NO2+N), stable carbon and oxygen isotopic composition, elemental analysis, DOC, and POC, as well as profile data, will be reported when analyses are completed.
The QA/QC process looked for internal consistencies in the data by calculating the results using CO2SYS and back checking with the collected data.
For aditional information see:
HLY1202 Cruise Report, Appendix E
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 862 - Methods
BCO-DMO Processing Notes
- Generated from original file: "HLY1202_Discrete_Underway.csv" contributed by Lisa Robbins
- Parameter names edited to conform to BCO-DMO naming convention found at Choosing Parameter Name
- Date reformatted from MM/DD/YYYY to YYYYMMDD
- Time reformatted from HH:MM to HHMM