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Title: Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH on total scale, and other variables collected from discrete samples and profile observations during the R/V F. G. Walton Smith cruise WS20342 (EXPOCODE 33WA20201207) in the Southeast U.S. Shelf, Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-07 to 2020-12-12 (NCEI Accession 0231726)
Abstract: This dataset contains the discrete profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH on total scale, ammonia, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrients during the R/V F. G. Walton Smith cruise WS20342 (EXPOCODE 33WA20201207) in the Southeast U.S. Shelf, Gulf of Mexico from 2020-12-07 to 2020-12-12. Increasing amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide from human industrial activities are causing changes in global ocean carbon chemistry resulting in a reduction in pH, a process termed ocean acidification. In support of the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP), the South Florida Project Cruises (SFP) are utilized to collect water samples to measure surface water inorganic carbon and hydrographic parameters including nutrients. Samples are collected from 34 stations on a bi-monthly basis to monitor the outflow of the Shark River Slough (SRS) and red tide in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Water samples are sent to and analyzed by scientists at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) for dissolved inorganic carbon, pH, total alkalinity and nutrient concentrations. These data are used to observe the effects of the SRS on acidification in the coastal ocean.
Date received: 20210426
Start date: 20201207
End date: 20201212
Seanames: Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -83.50279
East boundary: -80.54714
North boundary: 27.80127
South boundary: 24.65271
Observation types: chemical, discrete sample, physical, profile
Instrument types: carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, CTD, Niskin bottle, nutrient autoanalyzer, oxygen sensor, pH sensor, temperature sensor, titrator
Datatypes: AMMONIA (NH3), DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC), DISSOLVED OXYGEN, nitrate + nitrite content (concentration), pH, phosphate, SALINITY, silicate, total alkalinity, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Featherstone, Charles
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Contributing projects: OAP
Platforms: F.G. Walton Smith (33WA)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Availability date:
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2021-04-27 17:41:12+00
Editdate: 2022-11-01 19:56:24+00