Table 1. List of the variables and units for the surface sampling and vertical station data obtained during the US-USSR Weddell Polynya Expedition (WEPOLEX-81).

WEPOLEX-81 started on October 9, 1981 and ended on November 25, 1981. Data are from surface samples collected along the cruise tract and from twenty-four vertical stations.

Surface samples

Variable (variable names)                               Units or codes
Date (MONTH and DAY)                                    Month and day
Time (TIME)                                             Local time
Location (LATDEG, LATMIN, LATDIR, LONGDEG
   LONMIN, and LONDIR)                                  Latitude and longitude
                                                        (Degrees and minutes)
Salinity (calculated) (SALIN)
Water temperature (TEMP)                                °C
pH (PH)                                                 pH at 25°C
Normalized surface total
Alkalinity (TOTALK)                                     ueg/1 (obtained from
                                                        Potentiometric titration
                                                        On SOMOV)
Normalized surface total
Alkalinity (TA)                                         ueg/1 (obtained from
                                                        Single-point titration
                                                        On SOMOV)

Vertical stations (24 stations)

Variable                                                Units or codes

Stations number                                         2-37
Starting location                                       Latitude and longitude
                                                        (Degrees, min., and sec)
Ending location                                         Latitude and longitude
                                                        (Degrees, min., and sec)
Starting time                                           Local time
Ending time                                             Local time
Date                                                    Year, month, and day
Sample depth (DEPTH)                                    meters
Water temperature (TEM)                                 °C
Salinity (calculated) (SALNTY)
pH (PHH)                                                pH at 25°C
Total Alkalinity (TALK)                                 ueq/1
Calcium (NCA)                                           umol/kg

 

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