Table 5. Summary of the comparison results for total alkalinity (TAlk)
for each of the 15 crossover comparisons during the Global CO2 Survey in the Pacific

Location
number/
Crossover
comparison
Nominal
position
Cruise name/
WOCE line
Salinity
between
cruises
SD Salinity
between
cruises
O2
between
cruises
(µmol/kg)
SD O2
between
cruises
(µmol/kg)
TAlk
between
cruises
(µmol/kg)
SD TAlk
between
cruises
(µmol/kg)
Long. Lat. Cruise 1 Cruise 2 Cruise 1-2 Cruise 1-2 Cruise 1-2

6 / 6 170° W 17° S P15S P21 -0.007 0.001 -6.0 1.7 -0.2 0.3
7 / 9 170° W 10° S P15S P15N 0.001 0.001 -3.0 0.2 -5.4 10.4
7 / 10 170° W 10° S P15S P31 0.000 0.002 0.0 2.6 3.5 5.6
8 / 11 170° W 5° S P15S P15N 0.001 0.001 -3.3 0.8 4.6 2.1
8 / 13 170° W 5° S P15S EQS92 -0.002 0.002 2.3 5.2 7.3 8.3
9 / 14 170° W P15S P15N -0.001 0.001 -1.3 0.9 7.1 1.1
9 / 16 170° W P15S EQS92 0.002 0.001 2.2 1.2 3.5 5.4
13 / 20 150° W 17° S P16 P21 -0.003 0.005 0.1 0.2 1 0.9
13 / 21 150° W 17° S P21 P31 0.001 0.005 0.3 0.4 -7.3 1.1
13 / 22 150° W 17° S P31 P16 0.002 0.002 0.4 0.3 6.3 2
21 / 30 110° W P18 EQS92 -0.012 0.012 0.6 6.0 -10.9 6.6
21 / 31 110° W P18 EQF92 0.018 0.022 -3.2 1.6 -7.5 7.7
22 / 32 110° W 5° N P18 EQS92 -0.006 0.004 -5.1a 1.5 -11.5 4.6
22 / 33 110° W 5° N P18 EQF92 -0.001 0.004 3.7 6.6 7.8 4
25 / 36 103° W 17° S P18 P21 0.004 0.004 -0.9 1.5 -2.1 0.8

Mean of the absolute value of the difference
Standard deviation of the absolute value of the difference
5.7
3.3

aLinear regression applied.


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