Underway measurements metadata form

• Investigator:
  • Name: Tsuneo Ono
  • Organization: National Research Institute for Fisheries Science / Fisheries Research Agency
  • Address:
    2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-Ku Yokohama 236-8648, Japan
  • Phone: +81-45788-7696
  • Email: tono@fra.affrc.go.jp
  Investigator #2:
  • Name: Akira Kuwata
  • Organization: Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
  • Address:
    3-27-5 Shinhamacho, Shiogama 985-0001, Japan
  • Phone: +81-22365-9929
  • Email: akuwata@affrc.go.jp
• Dataset Info:
  • Dataset ID: FRA near-Japan pCO2 cruises
  • Submission Dates:
    • Initial Submission: 2011/12/28
    • Revised Submission:
• Cruise Info:
  • Experiment:
    • Experiment Name: Wakatakamaru 2011 cruises
    • Cruise:
      • Cruise ID:
      • Section:
      • Geographical Coverage:
        • Geographical Region:
          Japan-coast to western North Pacific
        • Bounds:
          • Westernmost Longitude: +140.0
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E
          • Easternmost Longitude: +155.1
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: E
          • Northernmost Latitude: +42.7
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
          • Southernmost Latitude: +36.0
            Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: N
      • Temporal Coverage:
        • Start Date: 2011/6/7
        • End Date: 2011/11/19
      • Ports of Call:
        Leg.1: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.2: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.3: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.4: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.5: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.6: Shiogama-Shiogama Leg.7: Shiogama-Shiogama
  • Vessel:
    • Vessel Name: Wakataka-maru
    • Vessel ID:
    • Country: Japan
    • Vessel Owner: Fisheries Research Agency
• Variables Info:
  • Variable:
    • Variable Name: airP
    • Description of Variable: Atmospheric pressure at sea-surface pressure (hPa)
  • Method Description:
    • Equilibrator Design:
      • Equilibrator type: membrane equilibrator
      • Equilibrator volume:0.4
      • Water_Flow_Rate: 2.5
      • Headspace_Gas_Flow_Rate:0.1
      • Vented: Yes
    • Measurement Method: automated version of Saito et al. [1995]
    • Manufacturer of Calibration Gas: Nissan-Tanaka Co. Ltd.
    • C0₂ Sensors:
      • Manufacturer: Li-CO
      • Model: LI-6262
      • Environmental Control:
        
      • Resolution: 0.1 µmol/mol
      • Uncertainty: 0.1 µmol/mol
      • Calibration:
        LI-6262 was calibrated at factory on Feb. 2011. CO2 concentration in standard gas cylinder was calibrated at factory on Oct. 2010 with WMO scale.
    • Other sensors:
      • Manufacturer: JFE Arec Co. LTD (SST), Sea-Bird (SSS)
      • Model: ACT-RS, SBE45
      • Resolution: 0.01°C (SST), 0.003 (SSS)
      • Calibration:
        ACT-RS was calibrated at factory on Sept. 2010, while SBE45 was calibrated at factory on Feb 2011.
    • Method References:
      H. Saito et al., A compact seawater pCO2 measurement system with membrane equilibrator and nondispersive infrared gas analyzer, Deep-Sea Res., 42, 2025-2033, 1995
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