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Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments from AURORA AUSTRALIS in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean and others from 2006-01-02 to 2006-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0157613)

INVESTIGATORS:
Bronte Tilbrook ORCID logo - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
John Akl - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Craig Neill - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: This dataset includes Surface underway, chemical, meteorological and physical data collected from AURORA AUSTRALIS in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South) and Tasman Sea from 2006-01-02 to 2006-03-11. These data include AIR-SEA DIFFERENCE - PARTIAL PRESSURE (OR FUGACITY) OF CARBON DIOXIDE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere, Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - water, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION and WIND SPEED. The instruments used to collect these data include Barometric pressure sensor and Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer. These data were collected by Bronte Tilbrook, Craig Neill and John Akl of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization as part of the VOS_Aurora_Australis_AA_09AR20060112 data set. CDIAC associated the following cruise ID(s) with this data set: 09AR20060102

CITE AS: Tilbrook, Bronte; Neill, Craig; Akl, John (2016). Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments from AURORA AUSTRALIS in the Indian Ocean, South Pacific Ocean and others from 2006-01-02 to 2006-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0157613). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.vos_aa_2006. Accessed [date].


DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
none;
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0157613
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.vos_aa_2006
EXPOCODE: 09AR20060102;
CRUISE ID: 09AR20060102;

TYPES OF STUDY:
Surface underway;

TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 2006-01-02
END DATE: 2006-03-11

SPATIAL COVERAGE:
NORTH: -32.0485
WEST: 29.8896
EAST: 147.1651
SOUTH: -69.218

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
Southern Ocean;

PLATFORMS:
R/V Aurora Australis (ID: 09AR);

RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
none;


VARIABLES / PARAMETERS:

GROUP/Ship
Abbreviation: GROUP/Ship
Unit: organisation/ship name
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
JD_UTC
Abbreviation: JD_UTC
Unit: day of year, UTC time
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
Date_UTC
Abbreviation: Date_UTC
Unit: yyyymmdd
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
Time_UTC
Abbreviation: Time_UTC
Unit: hh:mm:ss
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
xCO2EQ_PPM
Abbreviation: xCO2EQ_PPM
Unit: mole fraction in equilibrator headspace (dry) at equilibrator temperature
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
xCO2ATM_PPM
Abbreviation: xCO2ATM_PPM
Unit: mole fraction of CO2 in outside air (dry)
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
xCO2ATM_PPM_INTERP
Abbreviation: xCO2ATM_PPM_INTERP
Unit: mole fraction of outside air (dry), clearly interpolated to time of xCO2EQ measurements
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
Press_EQUIL_hPa
Abbreviation: Press_EQUIL_hPa
Unit: pressure in the equilibrator headspace
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
Press_ATM_hPa
Abbreviation: Press_ATM_hPa
Unit: temperature of water in the equilibrator
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
TEquil_degC
Abbreviation: TEquil_degC
Unit: temperature of water in equilibrator
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
SST_degC
Abbreviation: SST_degC
Unit: sea surface temperature
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
SAL
Abbreviation: SAL
Unit: sea surface salinity
Controlled vocabulary name: SALINITY
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
fCO2SW_UATM
Abbreviation: fCO2SW_UATM
Unit: fugacity of CO2 in seawater (100% humidity) at SST and salinity
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
fCO2ATM_UATM
Abbreviation: fCO2ATM_UATM
Unit: fugacity of CO2 in outside air (100% humidity), interpolated to the times of surface water measurements
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
DFCO2_UATM
Abbreviation: DFCO2_UATM
Unit: air-sea gradient in the fugacity of CO2
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
WindSpd_True_M_S
Abbreviation: WindSpd_True_M_S
Unit: true wind speed
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
WindDirn_True
Abbreviation: WindDirn_True
Unit: true direction of wind
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ
xCO2_Flag
Abbreviation: xCO2_Flag
Unit: WOCE quality flag (2=good, 3=questionable) for xCO2 measurement
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ

PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS DATASET:
none;
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
none;
FUNDING AGENCY:
Australian Climate Change Research Program
PROJECT TITLE:
PROJECT ID:

SUBMITTED BY: Alex Kozyr (Alex.Kozyr@noaa.gov)

SUBMISSION DATE: 2016-12-20