Underway measurements metadata form
- Investigator:
- Name: Currie, Dr Kim I
- Organization: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
- Address:
NIWA, Department of Chemistry,
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin
New Zealand
- Phone: 64-3-4795249
- Email: k.currie@niwa.co.nz
- Dataset Info:
- Dataset ID: Munida time series
- Submission Dates:
- Initial Submission: 2010/07/27
- Revised Submission:
- Cruise Info:
- Experiment:
- Experiment Name: Munida time series
- Cruise:
- Cruise ID: M040510,M040728, M040913, M041108
- Section:
- Geographical Coverage:
- Geographical Region:
South West Pacific Ocean
East coast of New Zealand - Bounds:
- Westernmost Longitude: +170.7
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E - Easternmost Longitude: +171.5
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E - Northernmost Latitude: -45.7
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N - Southernmost Latitude: -45.9
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
- Temporal Coverage:
- Ports of Call:
Dunedin, New Zealand
- Vessel:
- Vessel Name: R V Munida
- Vessel ID:
- Country: New Zealand
- Vessel Owner: University of Otago
- Variables Info:
- Variable:
- Variable Name: XCO2(dry, umol / mol)
- Description of Variable: mole fraction of CO2 in equilibrated dry air (micromol per mol)
- Method Description:
- Equilibrator Design:
- Equilibrator type: shower head, recirculating
- Equilibrator volume:1.5
- Water_Flow_Rate: 1
- Headspace_Gas_Flow_Rate:0.3
- Vented: Yes
- Measurement Method: infra-red gas analyser
- Manufacturer of Calibration Gas: NIWA Trace Gas Laboratory
- C02 Sensors:
- Manufacturer: LiCor
- Model: LI-6251
- Environmental Control:
equilibrated air dried with MgClO4 before irga analysis. - Resolution:
- Uncertainty:
- Calibration:
- Other sensors:
- Manufacturer: Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc
- Model: SBE21
- Resolution:
- Calibration:
Tsw - SBE21, factory calibrated October 1999 and February 2006
S - SBE21, factory calibrated October 1999 and February 2006
Peq - IGNS piezoresistive sensor, factory calibrated March 1999
Teq - stainless steel encapsulated bead type thermistor, calibrated against SBE21
- Method References:
- Additional Information:
- Data Set References:
Currie, K.I., Reid, M.R., Hunter, K.A., 2009. Interannual variability of carbon dioxide drawdown by subantarctic surface water near New Zealand. Biogeochemistry, doi: 10.1007/s10533-009-9355-3.
- Citation:
- Data Set Link: