rad_bottle

 PI:              Bob Anderson
 of:              Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
 dataset:         Radionuclides from water bottle samples
 project/cruise:  AESOPS/NBP98-2, Benthic Processes cruise
 ship:            R/V Nathaniel B Palmer
 

 Methodology and Notes

 
  Parameter  Description                                        Units

  event      event number from event log
  sta        station number from event log
  cast       cast number, CTD/bottle cast
  lat        latitude, minus means South                        degrees
  lon        longitude, minus means West                        degrees
  mooring    mooring identification
  bot        composite sample drawn from two or
               more bottles
  depth_n    depth, nominal; average depth of                   meters
               bottles in composite sample
  temp       temperature, average temperature of                degrees C
               bottles in composite sample
  sal        salinity, average salinity of                      PSU
               bottles in composite sample
  Th232_tot  thorium-232 total, dissolved and particulate       dpm/1000 liters
  Th232_err  thorium-232 error, plus/minus two sigma            dpm/1000 liters
  Th230_tot  thorium-230 total, dissolved and particulate       dpm/1000 liters
  Th230_err  thorium-230 error, plus/minus two sigma            dpm/1000 liters
  Pa231_tot  protactinium-231 total, dissolved and particulate  dpm/1000 liters
  Pa231_err  protactinium-231 error, plus/minus two sigma       dpm/1000 liters
  Be10_tot   beryllium-10 total, dissolved and particulate      atoms/1000 liters
  Be10_err   beryllium-10 error, plus/minus one sigma           atoms/1000 liters