tco2_man

 PI:             Paul Quay and Jianrong Zhang
 dataset:        Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, delta13C and delta18O
 project/cruise: EQPAC/TT007
 ship:           Thomas Thompson

 The methodology is described in the following literature:

 1. Kroopnick P. M. (1974) The dissolved O2-CO2-13C system in the
 eastern equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research, 21, 211-227.
 2. Quay P. D., B. Tilbrook and C. S. Wong (1992) Oceanic uptake of
 fossil fuel CO2:Carbon-13 Evidence, Science, 256, 74-79.

 EqPac bottle quality review summary from DMO
 
 DMO cautionary note:
 The DMO suspects a misalignment of either bottle number or the
 corresponding depth/pressure for event number 03010354.  Possible solutions 
 are: bottle 19 at 54 meters or bottle 18 at 64 meters.
 

 Parameter   Description                                   Units

event event number from cruise logs MMDDhhmm sta station number lat_n nominal latitude of station, (- south whole degrees indicator) lon_n nominal longitude of station, (- west whole degrees indicator) cast CTD rosette cast number bot rosette bottle number press sample depth reported as pressure decibars TCO2_man total carbon dioxide in seawater, micromoles C/kilogram manometric method delta13C ratio carbon 12 to carbon 13 corrected to PDB standard delta18O ratio oxygen 16 to oxygen 18 corrected to PDB standard, delta 18O are for the oxygen in CO2 converted from DIC. q_flag quality flag, applies to all samples 2 means ok 3 indicates a questionable sample