Sea surface measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its isotopic composition (d13CDIC), total alkalinity (At), inorganic nutrients and water stable isotopes (d18O and dD) during the ships of opportunity cruises (SOOP) along the 76 transects between Iceland and Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1993-07-01 to 2017-11-27 (NCEI Accession 0172559)
INVESTIGATORS:
Gilles Reverdin
- Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN)
Nicolas Metzl 
- Sorbonne University (SU)
- Sorbonne University (SU)PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: This dataset is the SURATLANT (SURveillance ATLANTique) dataset and consists of individual data of temperature, salinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its isotopic composition d13CDIC, total alkalinity (At), inorganic nutrients and water stable isotopes (d18O and dD) collected mostly from ships of opportunity between 1993 and 2017 along 76 transects between Iceland and Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean. The data have been validated, qualified, and their accuracy and the overall characteristics of the dataset are presented in a paper (Reverdin et al., 2018, submitted to ESSD).
CITE AS: Reverdin, Gilles; Metzl, Nicolas; Ólafsdóttir, Sólveig Rósa; Racapé, Virginie; Takahashi, Taro; Benetti, Marion; Valdimarsson, Héðinn; Quay, Paul D.; Benoit-Cattin, Alice; Danielsen, Magnus; Fin, Jonathan; Naamar, Aïcha; Pierrot, Denis; Sullivan, Kevin F.; Bringas, Francis; Goni, Gustavo J. (2018). Sea surface measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and its isotopic composition (d13CDIC), total alkalinity (At), inorganic nutrients and water stable isotopes (d18O and dD) during the ships of opportunity cruises (SOOP) along the 76 transects between Iceland and Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1993-07-01 to 2017-11-27 (NCEI Accession 0172559). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v53f4mxk. Accessed [date].
DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
none;
none;
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0172559
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.7289/v53f4mxk
TYPES OF STUDY:
Surface underway;
TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
SPATIAL COVERAGE:
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
PLATFORMS:
RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
Surface underway;
TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 1993-07-01
END DATE: 2017-11-27
SPATIAL COVERAGE:
NORTH: 68
WEST: -59.6
EAST: -13
SOUTH: 45.5
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
North Atlantic ocean;
PLATFORMS:
Various (ID: SOOP);
RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
none;
VARIABLES / PARAMETERS:
| Dissolved Inorganic Carbon | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | DIC |
| Unit: | umol/kg |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Measured or calculated: | Measured |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | Coulometric method for 1993-1997, Potentiometric method for 2001-2017 |
| Detailed sampling and analyzing information: | Samples measured back in laboratory, Coulometric method for 1993-1997 (Chipman et al,1993), potentiometric titration (Edmond, 1970) closed cell (Laboratory home-made), calculations DOE (1994) for 2001-2017 |
| CRM manufacturer: | Univ California San Diego, SIO, A. Dickson |
| CRM batch number: | 64,66,71,73,77,83,88,97,99,104,116,119,122,128,131,139,155,165 |
| Preservation method: | HgCl2 saturated |
| Preservative volume: | 200-300 mL |
| Uncertainty: | 3 umol/kg |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Corbiere, A., N. Metzl, G. Reverdin, C. Brunet and T. Takahashi, 2007. Interannual and decadal variability of the oceanic carbon sink in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Tellus B, Vol. 59, issue 2, 168-179, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00232.x |
| Researcher name: | Nicolas Metzl |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Total alkalinity | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | At |
| Unit: | umol/kg |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Measured or calculated: | Measured |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | Potentiometric titration |
| Type of titration: | Potentiometric titration |
| Cell type (open or closed): | Closed (Laboratory Home-made) |
| Curve fitting method: | DOE (1994) |
| Detailed sampling and analyzing information: | Samples measured back in laboratory, potentiometric titration (Edmond, 1970) closed cell (Laboratory home-made), calculations DOE (1994) |
| CRM manufacturer: | Univ California San Diego, SIO, A. Dickson |
| CRM batch number: | 64,66,71,73,77,83,88,97,99,104,116,119,122,128,131,139,155,165 |
| Preservation method: | HgCl2 saturated |
| Preservative volume: | 200-300 mL |
| Uncertainty: | 3 umol/kg |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Corbiere, A., N. Metzl, G. Reverdin, C. Brunet and T. Takahashi, 2007. Interannual and decadal variability of the oceanic carbon sink in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Tellus B, Vol. 59, issue 2, 168-179, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00232.x |
| Researcher name: | Nicolas Metzl |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Sea surface temperature | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | SST |
| Unit: | C |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | Thermosalinographs TSG (SBE21, SBE45) and external SBE38 |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Sea surface salinity | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | Salinity |
| Unit: | PSU |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | Thermosalinographs TSG (SBE21, SBE45) and discrete samples |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Sea surface phosphates | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | PHOS |
| Unit: | umol/kg |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | colorimetric method |
| Uncertainty: | 0,03 umol/kg |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Olafsson, J., Olafsdottir, S. R., Benoit-Cattin, A., and Takahashi, T.: The Irminger Sea and the Iceland Sea time series measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry 1983-2008. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2, 99-104, 2010 |
| Researcher name: | Solveig Olafsdottir |
| Researcher institution: | Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Sea surface nitrates+nitrites | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | NIT |
| Unit: | umol/kg |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | colorimetric method |
| Uncertainty: | 0,2 umol/kg |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Olafsson, J., Olafsdottir, S. R., Benoit-Cattin, A., and Takahashi, T.: The Irminger Sea and the Iceland Sea time series measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry 1983-2008. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2, 99-104, 2010 |
| Researcher name: | Solveig Olafsdottir |
| Researcher institution: | Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Sea surface silicates | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | SIL |
| Unit: | umol/kg |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | colorimetric method |
| Uncertainty: | 0,2 umol/kg |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Olafsson, J., Olafsdottir, S. R., Benoit-Cattin, A., and Takahashi, T.: The Irminger Sea and the Iceland Sea time series measurements of sea water carbon and nutrient chemistry 1983-2008. Earth Syst. Sci. Data 2, 99-104, 2010 |
| Researcher name: | Solveig Olafsdottir |
| Researcher institution: | Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Sea surface isotopic Carbon-13 of DIC | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | C13 |
| Unit: | o/oo |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | mass spectrometry |
| Detailed sampling and analyzing information: | Samples poisoned (HgCl2) |
| Uncertainty: | 0.02 |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Racape, V., Metzl, N., Pierre, C., Reverdin, G., Quay, P. D., and Olafsdottir, S. R.: The seasonal cycle of d13CDIC in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Biogeosciences, 11, 1683-1692, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1683-2014, 2014. |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Sea surface isotopic Oxygen-18 of water | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | O18 |
| Unit: | o/oo |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | IRMS, PICARRO CRDS |
| Uncertainty: | 0.05 |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Benetti, M., Sveinsbjornsdottir, A. E., Olafsdottir, R., Leng, M. J., Arrowsmith, C., Debondt, K., Fripiat, F., and Aloisi, G.: Inter-comparison of salt effect correction for d18O and d2H measurements in seawater by CRDS and IRMS using the gas-G2O equilibration method. Mar. Chem., 194, 114-123, doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.05.010, 2017. |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Sea surface isotopic hydrogen (deuterium) of water | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | dD |
| Unit: | o/oo |
| Observation type: | Surface samples |
| Sampling instrument: | Seawater pump |
| Analyzing instrument: | IRMS, PICARRO CRDS |
| Uncertainty: | 0.5 |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Method reference: | Benetti, M., Sveinsbjornsdottir, A. E., Olafsdottir, R., Leng, M. J., Arrowsmith, C., Debondt, K., Fripiat, F., and Aloisi, G.: Inter-comparison of salt effect correction for d18O and d2H measurements in seawater by CRDS and IRMS using the gas-G2O equilibration method. Mar. Chem., 194, 114-123, doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2017.05.010, 2017. |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
| Deuterium excess | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation: | dexcess |
| Unit: | o/oo |
| Observation type: | Calculated from dD and O18 |
| Uncertainty: | 0.5 |
| Quality flag convention: | WOCE/GLODAP (2 Acceptable, 3 Questionnable, 4 Bad, 9 No data) |
| Researcher name: | Gilles Reverdin |
| Researcher institution: | LOCEAN CNRS, Paris France |
PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS DATASET:
Reverdin, G., Metzl, N., Olafsdottir, S., Racapé, V., Takahashi, T., Benetti, M., Valdimarsson, H., Benoit-Cattin, A., Danielsen, M., Fin, J., Naamar, A., Pierrot, D., Sullivan, K., Bringas, F., and Goni, G.: SURATLANT: a 1993-2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1901-1924, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1901-2018, 2018.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Data link: http://www.seanoe.org/data/00434/54517/
FUNDING AGENCY:
CNRS-INSU, IPEV, LDEO, NOAA
PROJECT TITLE:
SOOP
PROJECT ID:
SUBMITTED BY: Nicolas Metzl (nicolas.metzl@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr)
SUBMISSION DATE: 2018-04-13
REVISION DATE: 2018-10-25
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Version 1.1
