Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from bottle casts from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP-96-4A, NBP-97-1, NBP-97-8 cruises in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)

Website: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/2740
Data Type: Cruise Results
Version: 1
Version Date: 1999-04-27

Project
» U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)

Program
» U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS)
ContributorsAffiliationRole
Hansell, DennisUniversity of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM-RSMAS)Principal Investigator
Carlson, Craig A.University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)Co-Principal Investigator
Chandler, Cynthia L.Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO)BCO-DMO Data Manager

Abstract
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from bottle casts from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP-96-4A, NBP-97-1, NBP-97-8 cruises in the Southern Ocean in 1997.


Dataset Description

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from bottle casts from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP-96-4A, NBP-97-1, NBP-97-8 cruises in the Southern Ocean in 1997.

To access data, check the deployments below.


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Parameters

ParameterDescriptionUnits
event

event number, from event log

sta

station number, from event log

cast

CTD cast number
consecutive within station

bot

CTD rosette bottle number

press_n

nominal pressure

decibars
DOC

dissolved organic carbon

micromoles C/liter
DOC_sd

DOC standard deviation

micromoles C/liter


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Instruments

Dataset-specific Instrument Name
Niskin Bottle
Generic Instrument Name
Niskin bottle
Dataset-specific Description
CTD clean rosette (Niskin) bottles were used to collect water samples.
Generic Instrument Description
A Niskin bottle (a next generation water sampler based on the Nansen bottle) is a cylindrical, non-metallic water collection device with stoppers at both ends. The bottles can be attached individually on a hydrowire or deployed in 12, 24, or 36 bottle Rosette systems mounted on a frame and combined with a CTD. Niskin bottles are used to collect discrete water samples for a range of measurements including pigments, nutrients, plankton, etc.


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Deployments

NBP-96-04A

Website
Platform
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Report
Start Date
1996-10-02
End Date
1996-11-08
Description
Ross Sea Process Study 1

Methods & Sampling
PI: Dennis Hansell and Craig Carlson of: Bermuda Biological Station for Research dataset: Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from CTD casts dates: October 11, 1996 to November 06, 1996 location: N: -68.3335 S: -76.562 W: 169.0185 E: -177.8953 project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP-96-4A - Ross Sea Process 1 Cruise ship: R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Methodology

NBP-97-01

Website
Platform
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Report
Start Date
1997-01-13
End Date
1997-02-11
Description
Ross Sea Process Study 2

Methods & Sampling
PI: Dennis Hansell and Craig Carlson of: Bermuda Biological Station for Research dataset: Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from CTD casts dates: January 13, 1997 to February 06, 1997 location: N: -74.0029 S: -78.0414 W: 163.3383 E: -173.9992 project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP-97-1 - Ross Sea Process 2 Cruise ship: R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Methodology

NBP-97-08

Website
Platform
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Report
Start Date
1997-11-05
End Date
1997-12-13
Description
Ross Sea Process Study 4 SeaWiFS transmits images to U.S. JGOFS scientists aboard the Palmer, for first time on November 23, 1997.

Methods & Sampling
dataset: Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from CTD casts dates: November 16, 1997 to December 11, 1997 location: N: -76.4637 S: -76.6252 W: 168.9907 E: -178.0022 project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP-97-8 - Ross Sea Process 4 Cruise ship: R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer Methodology


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Project Information

U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)


Coverage: Southern Ocean, Ross Sea


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.



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Program Information

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


Coverage: Global


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).



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