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Handbook of Methods for the Analysis of the Various Parameters of the Carbon Dioxide System in Sea Water (Version 2-September 1994)
A. G. Dickson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
C. Goyet, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The collection of extensive, reliable, oceanic carbon data is a key component of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). A portion of the JGOFS oceanic carbon dioxide measurements will be made during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Hydrographic Program with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Special Research Grant Program 89-7A: Global survey of carbon dioxide in the oceans. A science team has been formed from the investigators supported by DOE to plan and coordinate the various activities needed to produce high quality oceanic carbon dioxide measurements under this program.
This handbook was prepared at the request of, and with the active participation of, that science team. The procedures detailed in this handbook have been agreed on by the members of the science team and describe well-tested methods. The methods, together with an appropriate quality control plan, are intended to provide standard operating procedures (SOPs) for measurements made as part of this survey. These SOPs are not the only techniques in use for measuring the parameters of the oceanic carbon system; however, they do represent the current state-of-the-art methodology for shipboard measurements.
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