Dataset: TMtrace_Fe_Al

Name: Dissolved iron and aluminum concentrations from TM cast samples from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project)
Published: 2002-04-23
Keywords: oceans

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Cite This Dataset

Project:

U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea (Arabian Sea)

Program:

U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)

Principal Investigator:

Christopher I. Measures (University of Hawaii, UH)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

final

Version Date:

2002-04-23

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Dissolved iron and aluminum concentrations from TM cast samples from R/V Thomas G. Thompson TT043, TT045, TT049 cruises in the Arabian Sea in 1995 (U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea project)

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Description

Dissolved iron and aluminum concentrations from TM casts

Methods & Sampling

See Platform deployments for cruise specific documentation

Data Processing Description

Methods

These samples were run using the methods found in: a) Measures, C.I., J. Yuan, and J.A. Resing, 1995. Determination of iron in seawater by flow injection analysis using in-line preconcentration and spectrophotometric detection. Marine Chemistry,50:3-12. b) Resing, J.A. and C.I. Measures, 1994. Fluorometric determination of Al in seawater by flow injection analysis with in-line preconcentration. Analytical Chemistry, 66:4105-4111.

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
National Science Foundation	unknown Arabian Sea NSF

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
TT043	TTN043 TN043 TTN-043	1995-01-08	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Michael R. Roman (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT045	TTN045 TN045 TTN-045	1995-03-14	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	John F. Marra (Chief Scientist)	data info
TT049	TTN049 TN049 TTN-049	1995-07-17	R/V Thomas G. Thompson	Richard Barber (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Trace Metal Bottle

Supplied Description:

Trace Metal-free Go-Flo bottle.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Trace Metal Bottle

Acronym: TM Bottle

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/30/

Generic Description:

Trace metal (TM) clean rosette bottle used for collecting trace metal clean seawater samples.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
event	event number from event log		event
sta	station number from event log		station
sta_std	Arabian Sea standard station identifier		sta_std
cast	cast number from event log		cast
bot	Trace Metal-free Go-Flo bottle number		bot
depth	sample depth observed	meters	depth
AlFe_filt_sz	non-zero indicates filter size	microns	no_bcodmo_term
Fe_unfilt	iron concentration, unfiltered	nanomoles/liter	no_bcodmo_term
Al_unfilt	aluminum concentration, unfiltered	nanomoles/liter	no_bcodmo_term
Fe_diss_lt0d2	dissolved iron conc.	nanomoles/liter	no_bcodmo_term
Al_diss_lt0d2	dissolved aluminum conc.	nanomoles/liter	no_bcodmo_term

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