Dataset: toc

Name: Total organic carbon profile data from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049, TT050, TT053, TT054 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project)
Published: 2001-05-08
Keywords: oceans

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Project:

U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea (Arabian Sea)

Program:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Principal Investigator:

Dennis Hansell (University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, UM-RSMAS)

Dr Edward T. Peltzer (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Version:

final

Version Date:

2001-05-08

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Total organic carbon profile data from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049, TT050, TT053, TT054 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project)

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Description

Total organic carbon profile data

Methods & Sampling

See Platform deployments for cruise specific documentation

Data Processing Description

   Methods reported in:
 
   Peltzer, Edward T. (1993).  Shipboard determination of total organic carbon by
     a high temperature combustion/direct injection technique.  U.S. Joint Global
     Ocean Flux Study - Equatorial Pacific Protocols, 1993, section 21A.
 
   The EqPac methods were followed explicity on the Arabian Sea Process cruises
     with two exceptions:
 
        1. For Process cruises 1, 2 and 4, the WHOI custom built HTC/DI-TOC
           analyzer was used.  For Process cruises 6 and 7, the BBSR custom
           built HTC/DI-TOC analyzer was used.
 
        2. Low carbon water (LCW) prepared using a commercial Milli-Q UV/TOC (R)
           system was used to measure the instrument blank as opposed to the
           carbon free distilled water (CFDW) that was used in EqPac.  For all
           legs, the LCW was assigned a background TOC value of 0 uMC.

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
National Science Foundation	unknown Arabian Sea NSF

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
TT043	TTN043 TN043 TTN-043	1995-01-08	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Michael R. Roman (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT045	TTN045 TN045 TTN-045	1995-03-14	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	John F. Marra (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT049	TTN049 TN049 TTN-049	1995-07-17	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Richard Barber (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT050	TTN050 TN050 TTN-050	1995-08-18	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Sharon L. Smith (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT053	TTN053 TN053 TTN-053	1995-10-29	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	William M. Balch (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT054	TTN054 TN054 TTN-054	1995-11-30	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Wilford D. Gardner (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Niskin bottle

Supplied Name: Niskin Bottle

Supplied Description:

CTD/Niskin Rosette bottles.

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.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	event number, from event log		event
sta	station number, from event log		no_bcodmo_term
sta_std	Arabian Sea standard station identifier		no_bcodmo_term
cast	CTD cast number, from event log		cast
lat	latitude (minus = South)	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude (minus = West)	decimal degrees	lon
bot	CTD rosette bottle number		no_bcodmo_term
depth	sample depth (calculated from pressure)	meters	depth
TOC	total organic carbon	micromoles C/liter	no_bcodmo_term
TOC_kg	total organic carbon	micromoles C/kilogram	no_bcodmo_term
press	sample depth reported as pressure	decibars	press

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