mulvfs_POC

 PI:             James K. Bishop
 dataset:        Particulate Organic Carbon from MULVFS casts
 project/cruise: EQPAC/TT007
 ship:           Thomas Thompson
 
 Methodology

 PI-Note

 References: 
     Bishop, J.K.P., Edmond, J.M., Ketten, D.R., Bacon, M.P., and Silker, W.B. (1977). 
       The chemistry, biology and vertical flux of particulate matter from the upper 400 m
       of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, 24: 511-548. 
     Bishop, J.K.B. (1999) Transmissometer Measurement of POC. 
       Deep-Sea Research I. 46(2) 353-369. 
       (for a comparison of EqPac MULVFS POC data with bottle POC 
       and transmissometer results)


 Parameter   Description                                    Units 
 
 event       event number from event log
 sta         station number from event log
 cast        MULVFS cast # from event log
 depth       sample depth, corrected                        meters
 temp        temperature from STD-12 data logger            degrees C
 wt_dry_l    greater than 53micron particulate dry weight   micrograms/liter
 poc_s       sum of POC in 1-53 micron and less than        nmoles/liter
                1micron fractions, 
                ( _s denotes small)
 poc_l       greater than 53micron POC, estimated           nmoles/liter
                 gravimetrically, ( _l denotes large)