Th234_U238

Data Object Thorium-234 Uranium-238

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Ken O. Buesseler	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

Thorium-234 and Uranium-238 from the 2002 SOFeX project South Patch experiment

 dates:           30 January 2002 to 20 February 2002  (20020130-20020220) 
 location:        N: -65.57  S: -66.59  W: -172.93  E: -170.79 
 project/cruise:  SOFeX/MV and SOFeX/PS
 platform:        SOFeX multi-ship: R/V Melville and USCGC Polar Star
 
 
 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 BC_01 time and TM033 and TM043 dates to match event log; 
            event, station, ev_type, and date match corresponding cruise event logs

Acquisition description

Thorium-234 and Uranium-238 from the 2002 SOFeX project South Patch experiment


 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.

Processing description

 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 BC_01 time and TM033 and TM043 dates to match event log; 
            event, station, ev_type, and date match corresponding cruise event logs

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
ship_name	research ship name	dimensionless
event	event number from cruise event log Melville event is doYhhmm and Revelle event is YYYYMMDDhhmm	doYhhmm or YYYYMMDDhhmm
station	station location name	dimensionless
ev_type	event type descriptor string	dimensionless
patch_loc	sampling location relative to patch	dimensionless
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	dimensionless
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

Platforms List

R/V Melville COOK19MV

USCGC Polar Star PS02_2002

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 10:05:01

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/SOFeX/multi-ship/Th234_U238.