Th234_U238

 PI:              Ken Buesseler
 of:              Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
 dataset:         Thorium-234 and Uranium-238 from the South Patch
 dates:           30 January 2002 to 14 February 2002  (20020130-20020214) 
 location:        N: -65.95  S: -66.59  W: -172.21  E: -170.99 
 project/cruise:  SOFeX/MV 
 platform:        R/V Melville 
 
 
 Methodology: Buesseler, et al. 2005
    "Particle export during the Southern Ocean Iron Experiment (SOFeX)". Limnol. 
    Oceanogr., 50(1). American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc. pp.311-327. 
 
 Change history: YYMMDD
    070323: data contributed by Ken Buesseler as emailed PDF file
    070418: added to OCB database by Cyndy Chandler, OCB DMO, (cchandler@whoi.edu)
    070504: changed TM033 and TM043 dates to match event log; 
            event, station, ev_type, and date match Melville cruise event log 
 
 These data are part of a multi-ship data set (see full data set).
 
 
 Parameter       Description                            Units

 ship_name       research ship name                     text string
 event           event number from Melville event log   doYhhmm
 station         station location number                integer
 ev_type         event type descriptor string           text string
 patch_loc       sampling location relative to patch    text string
 lat             latitude, negative denotes South       decimal degrees
 lon             longitude, negative denotes West       decimal degrees
 date            date sampling began (UTC)              YYYYMMDD
 time            time sampling began (UTC)              hhmm
 Fe_treatment    amount of iron added                   text string
 depth           depth of sample                        meters
 234Th           thorium-234                            dpm
 234Th_err       thorium-234, error                     dpm
 238U            uranium-238                            dpm
 temp            temperature                            degrees Celsius
 salinity        salinity                               PSU
 
 nd indicates missing or no data
   

This document is created from the content of the info file.