Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained in the Central South Pacific Ocean (WOCE Sections P17S and P16S) During the TUNES-2 Expedition of the R/V Thomas Washington, July-August, 1991

NDP-054 (1996)

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Contributed by
Taro Takahashi¹, John G. Goddard¹,
Stephany Rubin¹, David W. Chipman¹,
Stewart C. Sutherland¹, and Catherine Goyet²

¹Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
of Columbia University
Palisades, New York, U.S.A.

²Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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

Abstract

Contents

PART 1: OVERVIEW

• Background Information
• R/V Thomas Washington TUNES-2 Expedition Information
• Brief Cruise Summary
• Description of Variables and Methods
  • Hydrographic Measurements
  • CFC-11 and CFC-12 Measurements
  • Determination of Total CO₂ Concentration in Seawater
  • Determination of pCO₂ in Seawater
  • Shore-based Total Alkalinity Analyses
  • Shore-based Reference Analyses
• Data Checks and Processing Performed by CDIAC
• References

PART 2: CONTENT AND FORMAT OF DATA FILES

• File Descriptions
  • readme (File 1)
  • stainv.for (File 2)
  • tun2dat.for (File 3)
  • tun2sta.inv (File 4)
  • tun2.dat (File 5)
• Verification of the Data Transport