delta_13C
PI: Paul Quay
of: University of Washington
dataset: Total CO2 and delta 13C of seawater from CTD casts
project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP96-4 - Site Survey Cruise
ship: Nathaniel B. Palmer
References: 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.
Parameter Description Units
event event number from event log
sta station number from event log
cast CTD cast number from event log
bot CTD bottle sequence number
depth_n nominal depth of sample meters
TCO2_man manometric total CO2 in seawater micromoles C/kilogram
delta13C Carbon 13 to Carbon 12 ratio of TCO2 per mil
nd no/bad data