Dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete samples and profile observations during the R/V Marion Dufresne cruise WOCE_I06Sb (EXPOCODE 35MF19960220) in the Indian and Southern Oceans from 1996-02-20 to 1996-03-31 (NCEI Accession 0115012)

This dataset includes discrete sample and profile data collected from R/V Marion Dufresne cruise WOCE_I06Sb (EXPOCODE 35MF19960220) in the Indian and Southern Oceans from 1996-02-20 to 1996-03-31. These data include dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), alkalinity, temperature, salinity, nutrients, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), delta C14 and C14Error. These data were collected by Nicolas Metzl of Sorbonne University (SU) and Alain Poisson of Universite Pierre et Marie Curie; Laboratoire de Biogeochimie et Chimie Marines (LBCM) as part of the WOCE_I06S dataset. The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a major component of the World Climate Research Program with the overall goal of better understanding the ocean's role in climate and climatic changes resulting from both natural and anthropogenic causes. The CO2 survey took advantage of the sampling opportunities provided by the WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP) cruises during this period between 1990 and 1998. The final collection covers approximately 23,000 stations from 94 WOCE cruises.