2. Description of the Expeditions
2.1 WOCE Section P16A/P17A
R/V Knorr expedition along WOCE Sections P16A/P17A information is as follows:
| Ship name | - | Knorr |
| Cruise/leg | - | 138/9 |
| Expocode | - | 316N138/9 |
| WOCE Sections | - | P16A/P17A |
| Ports of call | - | Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia (round trip) |
| Dates | - | October 6-November 25, 1992 |
| Chief Scientist | - | Joseph L. Reid (SIO) |
| Parameters measured | Institution | Principal investigators |
|---|---|---|
| CTD, oxygen, and nutrients | SIO | J. Reid and J. Swift |
| Bathymetry | SIO | S. Smith |
| ADCP1 | UH | E. Firing |
| ALACE2 floats | SIO | R. Davis |
| Nutrient support | OSU | L. Gordon |
| Tritium and helium | WHOI | W. Jenkins |
| TCO2 and pCO2 (shipboard) | LDEO | D. Chipman and T. Takahashi |
| TCO2 and TALK3 (shore) | SIO | C. Keeling |
| pCO2 and N2O (underway) | SIO | R. Weiss |
| CFCs | PMEL | J. Bullister |
| CFCs | LDEO | W. Smethie |
| Carbon-14 (14C) | PU | R. Key |
| Transmissometer | TAMU | W. Gardner |
| Helium (deep) | PMEL | J. Lupton |
2Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer.
3Total alkalinity.
Participating Institutions
| SIO | - | Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California, San Diego) |
| UH | - | University of Hawaii |
| OSU | - | Oregon State University |
| WHOI | - | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| LDEO | - | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University) |
| PMEL | - | Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory |
| PU | - | Princeton University |
| TAMU | - | Texas A&M University |
