pmc

 PI:             Wilford Gardner, Mary Jo Richardson
 of:             Texas A&M University 
 dataset:        Particulate matter concentration from filtered Niskin Bottles
 project/cruise: AESOPS/NBP97-1 - Ross Sea Process 2 
 ship:           Nathaniel B. Palmer  

 Methodology:    Gardner, Chung, Richardson and Walsh, 1995,
                 The Oceanic Mixed-Layer Pump, DSR II, v.42, 757-775
                 with modifications given in the transmissometer documentation.

 
  Parameters    Descriptions                               Units
  
  event         event number from event log
  sta           station number 
  cast          CTD cast number
  PMC_rinse     filters rinsed with:
                  distilled water (DW) or 
                  1M Ammonium Formate (Formate) 
  bot           rosette Niskin bottle number
  press         sample depth reported as pressure          decibars
  depth         sample depth                               meters
  PMC_vol_filt  volume filtered for PMC measurement        liters
  PMC           particulate matter concentration           micrograms/liter 
  beam_cp       beam attenuation due to particles          1/m