Dataset: Th234_activity
Deployment: AII-119-4

Thorium 234 activity in particulate and dissolved phases

Principal Investigator:

Kenneth O. Buesseler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

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

Project:

U.S. JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE)

Version:

November 07, 2002

Deployment Synonyms:

NABE

Version Date:

2002-11-07

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/450770/data

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Description

Thorium 234 activity in particulate and dissolved phases

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

   PI:              Ken Buesseler
   of:              Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
   dataset:         Thorium 234 activity in particulate and dissolved phases
   dates:           April 19, 1989 to June 5, 1989
   location:        N: 46.8317  S: 46.24  W: -18.3717  E: -17.68
   project/cruise:  North Atlantic Bloom Experiment/Atlantis II 119, leg 4 and 5
   ship:            R/V Atlantis II

Methodology:

Comments:
Data collected via in-situ pumping and gamma counting techniques referenced in:

Livingston, H.D. and J.K. Cochran (1987) Determination of transuranic and
thorium isotopes in ocean water in solution and in filterable particles.
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., vol. 115 (2), 299-308.

Buesseler, K.O., M.P. Bacon, J.K. Cochran and H.D. Livingston (1990)
Shipboard measurement of Th-234 during the JGOFS Spring Bloom Experiment.
EOS, vol. 71 (2), 139.

All data decay corrected to mid-point of sampling time
Contacts: Ken O. Buesseler, Michael P. Bacon, Hugh D. Livingston (WHOI)
and J. Kirk Cochran (SUNY)

Data:
Thorium-234 activities reported as Dpm/l (disintegration per minute per liter)
Data for dissolved and particulate (0.5 micron nominal pore size) 234-Th
reported with a one sigma error. This error is propagated from errors
due to counting statistics, standardization and in-situ pump collection
efficiency.

A data quality code is assigned to each measurement.
a = Highest confidence level (ie. lowest error);
c = Poorest confidence level

This quality code is determined by a combination of sampling
and analytical factors, and is included in the reported error
estimate.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
unknown NABE NSF	National Science Foundation

Instruments

Slurper Pump

Supplied Name: Ken Buesseler's Slurper pump

Supplied Description:

Ken Buesseler's Slurper pump

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Slurper Pump

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

Generic Description:

The 'Slurper' is a custom designed in situ pumping system that pumps seawater in a way that allows large-volume sampling of pre-determined depth intervals. The 'Slurper' was used during US JGOFS cruises to acquire samples for 234-Thorium and POC/PON analysis (Buesseler et al., 1988). The 'Slurper' sampling system comprised a positive displacement pump coupled to a DC motor. Pump speed and sample volume were controlled via shipboard laptop computer.

References:

Buesseler, K. O., L. Ball, J. Andrews, C. Benitez-Nelson, R. Belastock, F. Chai and Y.Chao. 1998. Upper Ocean Export of Particulate Organic Carbon in the Arabian Sea derived from Thorium-234. Deep-Sea Res. II, Arabian Sea Volume, Vol. 45, No. 10-11, 2461-2488.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
year	year reported as YYYY		year
sta	station number from event log	dimensionless	no_bcodmo_term
cast	cast number, numbered consectively within station, from event log	dimensionless	cast
event	event number from event log	dimensionless	event
depth	sample depth	meters	depth
Th234_d_lt0.5	thorium 234 activity in dissolved phase, less then 0.5 microns	Dpm/l	no_bcodmo_term
Th234_d_lt0.5_err	estimated error, thorium 234 activity in dissolved phase, one sigma	Dpm/l	no_bcodmo_term
Q_code	originator assigned quality code Highest confidence level = a (ie. lowest error) Poorest confidence level = c This quality code is determined by a combination of sampling and analytical factors, and is included in the reported error estimate.		q_code
Th234_p_gt0.5	thorium 234 activity in particulate phase, greater then 0.5 microns	Dpm/l	no_bcodmo_term
Th234_p_gt0.5_err	estimated error, thorium 234 activity in particulate phase, one sigma	Dpm/l	no_bcodmo_term

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Deployment: AII-119-4