Carbon Dioxide, Hydrographic, and Chemical Data Obtained During the R/V Meteor Cruise 15/3 in the South Atlantic (1991), CDIAC/NDP051

This Numeric Data Package (NDP) from CDIAC consists of measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2), hydrographic and chemical data obtained during the Research Vessel (R/V) Meteor Expedition 15/3 in the South Atlantic Ocean (Section A9) as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). The cruise began in Vitoria, Brazil on February 10, 1991, and ended in Pointe-Noire, Congo, on March 23, 1991. WOCE zonal Section A9 began at about 38W and continue along the 19S parallel until about 8E. Samples of total carbon dioxide (TCO2) were collected from 28 stations along the 19th parallel and at 3 diversions north and south of the 19th parallel. Measurements in WOCE Section A9 included pressure, temperature, salinity, and oxygen measured by conductivity, temperature and depth sensors (CTD); bottle salinity, oxygen, phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, silicate, CFC-113, CCl4, CFC-12, CFC-11, TCO2, total alkalinity (TALK), and partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) were measured at 20 C. Measurements of TALK and TCO2 were also collected from 10 Niskin bottles at 4 stations. The R/V Meteor Cruise 15/3 data set consists of two oceanographic data files, two FORTRAN 77 data retrieval programs, readme file, and printed documentation. More information on this data is available from: "http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/oceans/ndp_051/ndp051.html"