NDP-029 (1988)

Carbonate Chemistry of the North Pacific Ocean

Contributed by

Chen-Tung A. Chen, Michael R. Rodman, Ching-Ling Wei, and
Eric J. Olson, College of Oceanography,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

and

Richard A. Feely and James F. Gendron
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Sand Point, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Contents of the Documentation

     Preface

     Abstract

     Background Information

     Source and Scope of the Data

          Table 1. List of the variables and units for the
                   carbonate data from NOAA's CO2 Dynamics
                   Cruises of the eastern and western North
                   Pacific, and from the NORPAX Hawaii-
                   Tahiti Shuttle Experiment.

     Applications of the Data

     Limitations and Restrictions

     Quality Assurance Procedures

     References

Contents of the Data

     Data Summary

     Table 2. File descriptions of the eight data files
              included in NDP029.

     Table 3. Listing of the fortran retrieval program to
              read and print files ndp029e.dat, ndp029w.dat,
              and ndp029n.dat.

     Table 4. Listing of the first 10 lines of ndp029e.dat.

     Table 5. Listing of the first 10 lines of ndp029w.dat.

     Table 6. Listing of the first 10 lines of ndp029n.dat.

     Table 7. Listing of the sas retrieval program to read
              and print ndp029e.dat.

     Table 8. Listing of the sas retrieval program to read
              and print ndp029w.dat.

     Table 9. Listing of the sas retrieval program to read
              and print ndp029n.dat.

How to Obtain the Data and Documentation