| Contributors | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Robert F. | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) | Principal Investigator |
| Chandler, Cynthia L. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) | BCO-DMO Data Manager |
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sed_rad.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 7.27 KB) MD5:bd59f5deb83094bdf5fe1204940e2003 Primary data file for dataset ID 2762 |
| Parameter | Description | Units |
| event | event number from event log | |
| sta | station number from event log | |
| lat | latitude, minus value means South | decimal degrees |
| lon | longitude, minus value means West | decimal degrees |
| core_type | type of coring instrument used, where GC = gravity core where PC = piston core | |
| depth_w | water depth | meters |
| depth_core | depth in core, mid-point of interval sampled | centimeters |
| depth_core_sd | depth in core, standard deviation | centimeters |
| U238 | uranium-238 | dpm/gram |
| U238_err | uranium-238 error, plus/minus one sigma | dpm/gram |
| Th232 | thorium-232 | dpm/gram |
| Th232_err | thorium-232 error, plus/minus one sigma | dpm/gram |
| Th230 | thorium-230 | dpm/gram |
| Th230_err | thorium-230 error, plus/minus one sigma | dpm/gram |
| Pa231 | protactinium-231 | dpm/gram |
| Pa231_err | protactinium-231 error, plus/minus one sigma | dpm/gram |
| Be10 | beryllium-10 | atoms/gram |
| Be10_err | beryllium-10 error, plus/minus one sigma | atoms/gram |
| Ba | barium | ppm |
| CaCO3 | calcium carbonate | percent |
| opal | opal | percent |
| C_org | organic carbon | percent |
| Dataset-specific Instrument Name | Piston Corer |
| Generic Instrument Name | Piston Corer |
| Generic Instrument Description | The piston corer is a type of bottom sediment sampling device. A long, heavy tube is plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of mud sediment. A piston corer uses a "free fall" of the coring rig to achieve a greater initial force on impact than gravity coring. A sliding piston inside the core barrel reduces inside wall friction with the sediment and helps to evacuate displaced water from the top of the corer. A piston corer is capable of extracting core samples up to 90 feet in length. |
| Dataset-specific Instrument Name | Gravity Corer |
| Generic Instrument Name | Gravity Corer |
| Generic Instrument Description | The gravity corer allows researchers to sample sediment layers at the bottom of lakes or oceans. The coring device is deployed from the ship and gravity carries it to the seafloor. (http://www.whoi.edu/instruments/viewInstrument.do?id=1079). |
| Website | |
| Platform | RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer |
| Report | |
| Start Date | 1998-02-25 |
| End Date | 1998-04-03 |
| Description | Benthic Process and Moorings Recovery Methods & Sampling PI: Bob Anderson of: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory dataset: Radionuclides from sediment cores dates: March 03, 1998 to March 15, 1998 location: N: -60.244 S: -66.1175 W: -170.1888 E: -169.4922 project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP98-2 Ross Sea Benthic Processes Cruise ship: R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Methodology |
The U.S. Southern Ocean JGOFS program, called Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS), began in August 1996 and continued through March 1998. The U.S. JGOFS AESOPS program focused on two regions in the Southern Ocean: an east/west section of the Ross-Sea continental shelf along 76.5°S, and a second north/south section of the Southern Ocean spanning the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) at ~170°W (identified as the Polar Front). The science program, coordinated by Antarctic Support Associates (ASA), comprised eleven cruises using the R.V.I.B Nathaniel B. Palmer and R/V Roger Revelle as observational platforms and for deployment and recovery of instrumented moorings and sediment-trap arrays. The Ross-Sea region was occupied on six occasions and the Polar Front five times. Mapping data were obtained from SeaSoar, ADCP, and bathymetric systems. Satellite coverage was provided by the NASA SeaWiFS and the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder programs.
The United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study was a national component of international JGOFS and an integral part of global climate change research.
The U.S. launched the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) in the late 1980s to study the ocean carbon cycle. An ambitious goal was set to understand the controls on the concentrations and fluxes of carbon and associated nutrients in the ocean. A new field of ocean biogeochemistry emerged with an emphasis on quality measurements of carbon system parameters and interdisciplinary field studies of the biological, chemical and physical process which control the ocean carbon cycle. As we studied ocean biogeochemistry, we learned that our simple views of carbon uptake and transport were severely limited, and a new "wave" of ocean science was born. U.S. JGOFS has been supported primarily by the U.S. National Science Foundation in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research. U.S. JGOFS, ended in 2005 with the conclusion of the Synthesis and Modeling Project (SMP).