Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in Surface Water and the Atmosphere during 1986-1989 NOAA/PMEL Cruises in the Pacific and Indian Oceans (NDP-047)

Data PDF documentation

Contributed by
Paulette P. Murphy, Kimberly C. Kelly, Richard A. Feely
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Seattle, Washington
and
Richard H. Gammon
Department of Chemistry and School of Oceanography
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Prepared by
Alexander Kozyr*
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

*Energy, Environment, and Resources Center
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Environmental Sciences Division
Publication No. 4349

Date Published: January 1995

Prepared for the
Global Change Research Program
Environmental Sciences Division
Office of Health and Environmental Research
U.S. Department of Energy
Budget Activity Number KP 05 05 00 0

Prepared by the
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6290
managed by
MARTIN MARIETTA ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
for the
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
under contract DE-AC05-84OR2140

Abstract

Contents

Part 1: Overview

• Background Information
  • General Discussion of CO₂ Measurements and Fugacity
  • Summary of Data Presented
• Methods
  • Measurement of CO₂ in the Atmosphere and in Surface Seawater
  • Ancillary Measurements
• Data Analysis
  • Data Requirements
  • Calculation of f(CO₂) for Moist Air Conditions
  • Correction of f(CO₂) for Warming of the Surface Seawater
• Cruise Descriptions and Data Results
  • Research Vessel Information and Technical Details
  • EPOCS 1986
  • RITS/CO₂ 1986
  • SAGA II 1987, Kamchatka Transit
  • SAGA II 1987, Leg 1
  • SAGA II 1987, Leg 2
  • TEW-3 1987
  • RITS/CO₂ 1987
  • RITS/CO₂ 1988
  • EPOCS 1988
  • RITS/CO₂ 1989, Leg 1
  • RITS/CO₂ 1989, Leg 2
  • RITS/CO₂ 1989, Leg 3
• Data Checks and Processing Performed by CDIAC
• References

Part 2: Content and Format of Data Files

• File Descriptions
  • readme (File 1)
  • pmeldat.for (File 2)
  • pmel8689.dat-rt3_89.dat (Files 3-15)
• Verification of the Data Transport