Underway measurements metadata form

• Investigator:
  • Name: Wanninkhof, Dr. Rik H.
  • Organization: NOAA/AOML
  • Address:
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway Miami, Florida 33149
  • Phone: (305)361-4379
  • Email: Rik.Wanninkhof@noaa.gov
  Investigator #2:
  • Name: Ward, Dr. Brain
  • Organization: National University of Ireland, Galway
  • Address:
    University Road Galway, Ireland
  • Phone: +353.91.493029
  • Email: bward@nuigalway.ie
• Dataset Info:
  • Dataset ID: MAP_2006
  • Submission Dates:
    • Initial Submission: 2008/08/12
    • Revised Submission: 2008/08/12
• Cruise Info:
  • Experiment:
    • Experiment Name: Marine Aerosol Production (MAP) 2006 Cruise
    • Cruise:
      • Cruise ID: GOCE-018332
      • Section:
      • Geographical Coverage:
        • Geographical Region:
          The cruise departed Cork, Ireland on June 11, 2006 with a port stop in Killybegs, Ireland returning to Galway, Ireland on July 5, 2006.
        • Bounds:
          • Westernmost Longitude: -15
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E
          • Easternmost Longitude: -5
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E
          • Northernmost Latitude: 58
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
          • Southernmost Latitude: 52
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
      • Temporal Coverage:
        • Start Date:
        • End Date:
      • Ports of Call:
        Cork, Ireland Killybegs, Ireland Galway, Ireland
  • Vessel:
    • Vessel Name: R/V Celtic Explorer
    • Vessel ID:
    • Country: Galway, Ireland
    • Vessel Owner: Marine Institute
• Variables Info:
  • Variable:
    • Variable Name: JD_GMT
    • Description of Variable: decimal year day
  • Method Description:
    • Equilibrator Design:
      • Equilibrator type: Plexiglass cylinder with a 0.8 liter headspace
      • Equilibrator volume:0.7 liters of water
      • Water_Flow_Rate: 2.0
      • Headspace_Gas_Flow_Rate:0.1
      • Vented: Yes
    • Measurement Method: Infrared absorption of dry gas
    • Manufacturer of Calibration Gas: NOAA/ESRL - Boulder, Colorado
    • C0₂ Sensors:
      • Manufacturer: LI-COR
      • Model: 6262
      • Environmental Control:
        Air-conditioned laboratory
      • Resolution: Better than 0.1 ppm
      • Uncertainty: xCO2 measurements are accurate to 0.1 ppm, fCO2 measurements are accurate to 0.2 ppm.
      • Calibration:
        The standard gases are directly traceable to WMO scales. The uncertainty of the standards, bases on pre and post cruise calibrations, is less than 0.5 ppm.
    • Other sensors:
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    • Method References:
      DOE (1994). Handbook of methods for the analysis of the various parameters of the carbon dioxide system in sea water; version 2. DOE. Feely, R. A., R. Wanninkhof, H. B. Milburn, C. E. Cosca, M. Stapp and P. P. Murphy (1998). A new automated underway system for making high precision pCO2 measurements onboard research ships. Analytica Chim. Acta 377: 185-191. Ho, D. T., R. Wanninkhof, J. Masters, R. A. Feely and C. E. Cosca (1997). Measurement of underway fCO2 in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific on NOAA ships BALDRIGE and DISCOVERER, NOAA data report ERL AOML-30, 52 pp., NTIS Springfield. Wanninkhof, R. and K. Thoning (1993). Measurement of fugacity of CO2 in Surface water using continuous and discrete sampling methods. Mar. Chem. 44(2-4): 189-205. Weiss, R. F. (1970). The solubility of nitrogen, oxygen and argon in water and seawater. Deep-Sea Research 17: 721-735. Weiss, R. F. (1974). Carbon dioxide in seawater: the solubility of a non-ideal gas. Mar. Chem. 2: 203-215. Takahashi, T., J. Olafsson, J. G. Goddard, D. W. Chipman, and S. C. Sutherland (1993), Seasonal variation of CO2 and nutrients in the high-latitude surface oceans: a comparative study, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 7, 843-878.
  • Additional Information:
    For more information about this dataset see the readme file at: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/gcc/celtic_explorer/
  • Data Set References:
    
  • Citation:
    These data are made freely available to the public and the scientific community in the belief that their wide dissemination will lead to greater understanding and new scientific insights. The availability of these data does not constitute publication of the data. We rely on the ethics and integrity of the user to assure that the AOML ocean carbon group receives fair credit for our work. Please consult with us prior to use so we can insure that the quality and limitations of the data are accurately represented.
• Data Set Link:
  • URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/gcc/celtic_explorer/
  • Label: Underway pCO2 data for the R/V Celtic Explorer
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