TITLE: NOAA R/V Ron Brown nutrients

AUTHOR(S):

Andrew J. Hind 	ajhind@googlmail.com
Patricia A. Matrai	pmatrai@bigelow.org

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
180 McKown Point
W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 USA
Phone 207 633 9600; Fax 207 633 9641

1.0 DATA SET OVERVIEW:
Discrete measurements of nutrients in seawater. Silicate, phosphate, nitrite
and nitrate were measured. 

Data was collected during Legs 1 and 2 of the VOCALS cruise

Time period covered by the data: 23-Oct-2008 to 29-Nov-2008
Platform: Ronald H. Brown

Location: mobile

2.0 INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION:

Samples were analysed by the MSI Nutrient Lab at the Marine Science Institute,
UC Santa Barbara using the standard methods of Parsons et al. (1984).


3.0 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING:

Seawater samples were either taken from Niskin bottles on the CTD rosette or
from the ship's non-toxic supply (UW) fed from an inlet at approximately 5
metres below the sea surface. Sampling stations of the two types were
sequentially numbered (UW1, UW2, UW3; CTD1, CTD2 CTD3 etc.). The samples were
frozen immediately and stored at -20°C. 


4.0 DATA FORMAT:

Column delimited ASCII

Headers

YYYYMMDDHHmm	
Cruise leg	
Latitude	
Longitude	
Station		
Depth	
Phosphate	
Silicate	
Nitrite		
Nitrate
UTC	 			
Degrees N, digital		
Degrees E, digital		
meters	Micromolar	
Micromolar	
Micromolar	
Micromolar

Date of data version: 14-Feb-2011

5.0 DATA REMARKS:

REMARKS = These data can be considered final
REMARKS = Data point Date/Time provided in UTC
REMARKS = Missing data = NaN

6.0 REFERENCES:

Parsons, T.R., Maita, Y. and Lalli, C.M., 1984. A manual of chemical and
biological methods for seawater analysis. Pergamon Press, Oxford