Dataset: delta_N_C_underway
Deployment: NBP-96-4

Natural N and C stable isotopic comp.; underway

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:

October 2, 2002

Deployment Synonyms:

NBP9604, NBP96_4

Version Date:

2002-10-02

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/451000/data

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Description

Natural N and C stable isotopic comp.; underway

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; underway data
   dates:           September 1, 1996 to September 21, 1996
   location:        N: -47.4  S: -64.18  W: 168.37  E: 179.7
   project/cruise:  AESOPS/NBP96-4  - Site Survey Cruise
   ship:            R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
 
 
   Methodology:
   Methods for nitrate isotopic composition 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.

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Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date	date (YYYYMMDD) decoded as follows YYYY = year of decade, MM = month, DD = day	YYYYMMDD	no_bcodmo_term
time	time of day (hhmm) decoded as follows hh = hour, mm = minutes	HHMM	no_bcodmo_term
lat	latitude, negative=south	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude, negative=west	decimal degrees	lon
dN15_NO3	delta 15N of dissolved nitrate relative to atmospheric N2	per mil (ppt)	no_bcodmo_term
dN15_POM	delta 15N of particulate organic matter relative to atmospheric N2	per mil (ppt)	no_bcodmo_term
dC13_POM	delta 13C of particulate organic matter relative to the PDB standard	per mil (ppt)	no_bcodmo_term

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Deployment: NBP-96-4