The Laboratory Setup

During cruise 36/1 four labs were reserved for the intercomparison exercise Fig. 3. All underway systems were assembled side by side in the geology lab (no. 16) of R/V Meteor. This lab is the largest lab on the R/V Meteor. It is located on the main deck, starboard side, with direct access to the working deck. Adjacent to the geology lab is the universal lab (no. 15, not shown in Fig. 3), where the dynamic transformer was installed. The SOMMA coulometric analyzer for CT and the alkalinity titration system were installed in the clean lab (no. 4, not shown in Fig. 3) on the port side of the ship. The moon pool is located in the hold (Lab 17) for the CTD rosette. This lab is very close to the main lab of the exercise (Lab 16) thus allowing for short water lines of the seawater pumping system.