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        <gco:CharacterString>CDOM Absorption Spectra from CTDs Dataset Description: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;SO-GasEx CDOM Absorption Spectra from CTDs&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
CDOM absorption spectra from 250-700nm;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
CDOM absorption at 440 nm;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
slope of absorption spectra&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; Methods and Sampling: &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;See: &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://bcodata.whoi.edu/SO-GasEx/SO_GasEx_Cruise_Report.pdf&amp;quot;&amp;gt;SO-GasEx cruise report, Section 5.7.8 ppgs 52-53&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;CDOM Absorption Spectra from CTDs&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Operation description:&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Multiple-wavelength absorption measurements using WPI UltraPath&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
spectral absorbance system with 200cm pathlength liquid waveguide.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Sampling times and locations:&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Samples collected from regular CTD casts, at nominal depths of 5, 10,&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
20, 30, 50, and 100m.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Data products:&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
CDOM absorption spectra from 250-700nm&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
CDOM absorption at 440 nm&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
slope of absorption spectra&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Data are presented in a separate file for each CTD cast.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Each file is identified by the CTD cast number.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Data are presented as an array of absorption (ag, units of 1/m)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
for each wavelength between 250-700 nm, at each of the sampled depths.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Notation is ag_xm where x is the nominal depth of the samples.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Also provided in each sheet are the CDOM absorption at 440 nm (1/m)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
and slopes of the absorption spectra (1/m/nm)  for each depth.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Analytical method:&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Samples filtered through 0.2&amp;amp;micro; nucleopore filters prior to measurement.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
Milli-Q water used as reference with salinity-based offsets (refractive index)&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
correction applied.  Sample temperatures were equilibrated to ambient temperature&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
(as was Milli-Q). Absorption measured using a WPI ultrapath spectrophotometer.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
ag calculated as 2.303*A/r where A is the measured absorbance and r is the&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
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using A at 700 nm.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Instrument details:&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
World Precision Insturments (WPI) UltraPath spectral absorbance system&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
with 200cm liquid waveguide cell, TIDAS-2 diode array spectrometer and&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;
D2H Deuterium-Halogen light source.  See WPI web-page for details.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</gco:CharacterString>
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&lt;li&gt;What are the gas transfer velocities at high winds?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the effect of fetch on the gas transfer?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do other non-direct wind effects influence gas transfer?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do changing pCO2 and DMS levels affect the air-sea CO2 and DMS flux, respectively in the same locale?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Are there better predictors of gas exchange in the Southern Ocean other than wind?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is the near surface horizontal and vertical variability in turbulence, pCO2, and other relevant biochemical and physical parameters?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How do biological processes influence pCO2 and gas exchange?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Do the different disparate estimates of fluxes agree, and if not why?&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Related files&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bcodata.whoi.edu/SO-GasEx/SO_GasEx_Cruise_Report.pdf&quot;&gt;SO-GasEx cruise report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://bcodata.whoi.edu/SO-GasEx/SO_GasEx_Implementation_Plan.pdf&quot;&gt;SO-GasEx Implementation Plan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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