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Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients and other measurements collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V Discovery cruise GO-SHIP Repeat Section A05 (EXPOCODE 74EQ20151206) in the Atlantic Ocean from 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-22 (NCEI Accession 0186621)

INVESTIGATOR:
Brian A. King - Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Center (NOC), Southampton, United Kingdom

PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: This dataset includes discrete profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, oxygen and nutrients collected during the R/V Discovery cruise GO-SHIP Repeat Section A05 (EXPOCODE 74EQ20151206) in the Atlantic Ocean from 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-22. This cruise is U.S. State Department MSR U2015-30 as part of the World Data Service for Oceanography.

CITE AS: King, Brian A. (2019). Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients and other measurements collected from profile and discrete sample observations during the R/V Discovery cruise GO-SHIP Repeat Section A05 (EXPOCODE 74EQ20151206) in the Atlantic Ocean from 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-22 (NCEI Accession 0186621). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/5dbe-mb50. Accessed [date].


DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0186621
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.25921/5dbe-mb50
EXPOCODE: 74EQ20151206;
CRUISE ID: A05_2015;
SECTION/LEG: GO-SHIP A05;

TYPES OF STUDY:
Discrete measurement;

TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 2015-12-06
END DATE: 2016-01-22

SPATIAL COVERAGE:
NORTH: 28
WEST: -80.2
EAST: -13.1
SOUTH: 24.2

GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
Atlantic Ocean;

PLATFORMS:
R/V Discovery (ID: 74EQ);

RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
none;


VARIABLES / PARAMETERS:

Dissolved Inorganic Carbon
Abbreviation: TCARBN
Unit: UMOL/KG
Observation type: discrete
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: In-situ observation
Measured or calculated: Measured
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
Total Alkalinity
Abbreviation: ALKALI
Unit: UMOL/KG
Observation type: discrete
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
CTD Temperature
Abbreviation: CTDTMP
Unit: degrees celcius
Observation type: CTD sensor
Sampling instrument: CTD
Analyzing instrument: CTD Sensor
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
CTD Salinity
Abbreviation: CTDSAL
Observation type: CTD sensor
Sampling instrument: CTD
Analyzing instrument: CTD sensor
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
CTD Oxygen
Abbreviation: CTDOXY
Unit: UMOL/KG
Observation type: CTD sensor
Sampling instrument: CTD
Analyzing instrument: CTD sensor
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
Salinity
Abbreviation: SALNTY
Observation type: Discrete, bottle
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
Dissolved Oxygen
Abbreviation: OXYGEN
Unit: UMOL/KG
Observation type: Discrete, bottle
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value
silicate, nitrat, nitrit, phosphate
Abbreviation: Nutrients
Unit: UMOL/KG
Observation type: Discrete, bottle
Sampling instrument: Niskin Bottles
Quality flag convention: WOCE quality control flags are used: 2 = good value, 3 = questionable value, 4 = bad value

PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS DATASET:
none;
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
none;
FUNDING AGENCY:

SUBMITTED BY: Nico Lange (nlange@geomar.de)

SUBMISSION DATE: 2018-11-30

REVISION DATE: 2020-11-06

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Version 1.1