gov.noaa.nodc:0157620 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-06-15T06:27:34Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Dissolved inorganic carbon, pH, alkalinity, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using Alkalinity titrator, CTD and other instruments from POLARSTERN in the South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Oceans from 2014-12-02 to 2015-02-01 (NCEI Accession 0157620) 2016-12-20 publication 2016-12-20 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/dmf7-1j21 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0157620 NCEI Archive Management System 0157620 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Alex Kozyr Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) Alex.Kozyr@noaa.gov https://cisess.umd.edu/ HTTPS Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) resourceProvider Olaf Boebel Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Olaf.Boebel@awi.de principalInvestigator Juana Magdalena Santana Casiano Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) https://www.ulpgc.es/ HTTPS Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Andrew G. Dickson Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) adickson@ucsd.edu https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ HTTPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator MELCHOR GONZALEZ-DAVILA Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) melchor.gonzalez@ulpgc.es https://www.ulpgc.es/ HTTPS Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Jorge Sarmiento Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu HTTP Princeton University website Institution web page information collaborator Gerd Rohardt Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Gerd.Rohardt@awi.de https://www.awi.de/ HTTPS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) website Institution web page information collaborator Emmanuel Boss University of Maine (UMO) emmanuel.boss@maine.edu https://umaine.edu/ HTTPS University of Maine (UMO) website Institution web page information collaborator Dickson, Andrew G. Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) adickson@ucsd.edu https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ HTTPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) website Institution web page information author Santana-Casiano, J. Magdalena Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) https://www.ulpgc.es/ HTTPS Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) website Institution web page information author Boebel, Olaf Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) author Rohardt, Gerd Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Gerd.Rohardt@awi.de https://www.awi.de/ HTTPS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) website Institution web page information author Boss, Emmanuel University of Maine (UMO) https://umaine.edu/ HTTPS University of Maine (UMO) website Institution web page information author Sarmiento, Jorge L. Princeton University http://www.princeton.edu HTTP Princeton University website Institution web page information author Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) https://www.ulpgc.es/ HTTPS Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) website Institution web page information contributor Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) https://www.awi.de/ HTTPS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) website Institution web page information contributor Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ HTTPS Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset includes biological, chemical, discrete sample, optical, physical and profile data collected from POLARSTERN in the South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South) from 2014-12-02 to 2015-02-01. These data include CHLOROPHYLL, CHLOROPHYLL A, DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC), DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER, DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FLUORESCENCE, HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, NITRATE, NITRITE, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN (PON), PHAEOPHYTIN, PIGMENTS, Potential temperature (theta), SALINITY, TOTAL ALKALINITY (TA), WATER TEMPERATURE, diatom, pH, phosphate and silicate. The instruments used to collect these data include Alkalinity titrator, CTD, bottle and spectrophotometer. These data were collected by Olaf Boebel of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Andrew G. Dickson of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), and J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano and Melchor González-Dávila of Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) as part of the SOCCOM_06AQ20141202 dataset. CDIAC associated the following cruise ID(s) with this dataset: ANT-XXX_2 and PS89 This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding Information: NSF (Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM), PLR-1425989) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0157620 Preview graphic PNG 0157620 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2016-12-20 publication CHLOROPHYLL CHLOROPHYLL A diatom DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER DISSOLVED OXYGEN FLUORESCENCE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE NITRATE NITRITE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN (PON) pH PHAEOPHYTIN phosphate PIGMENTS Potential temperature (theta) SALINITY silicate total alkalinity WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bottle CTD spectrophotometer titrator instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical discrete sample optical physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS RV Polarstern platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Scripps Institution of Oceanography Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS South Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication AWI > Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research DOE/ORNL/ESD/CDIAC > Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Polarstern (call sign: DBLK, ICES code: 06AQ, 1982-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Southern Ocean place Provider Geographic Names accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Dickson, Andrew G.; Santana-Casiano, J. Magdalena; Boebel, Olaf; Rohardt, Gerd; Boss, Emmanuel; Sarmiento, Jorge L. (2016). Dissolved inorganic carbon, pH, alkalinity, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using Alkalinity titrator, CTD and other instruments from POLARSTERN in the South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Oceans from 2014-12-02 to 2015-02-01 (NCEI Accession 0157620). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/dmf7-1j21. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 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Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, SOCCOM_06AQ20141202. 2015 publication SOCCOM_06AQ20141202 González‐Dávila M., A. Dickson, M. Santana-Casiano, O. Boebel, G. Rohardt, E. Boss and J. Sarmiento author Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) publisher Ocean CO2 [retrieved from https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ftp/oceans/SOCCOM/ANTXXX_2/] crossReference Rohardt, G., & Boebel, O. (2015). Physical oceanography during POLARSTERN cruise PS89 (ANT-XXX/2) [Data set]. PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846701 2015 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846701 https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846701 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846701 related dataset information Rohardt, Gerd author Boebel, Olaf author PANGAEA publisher tableDigital crossReference project NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (2022). Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system 2022-04 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-carbon-acidification-data-system OCADS website information NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher documentDigital [accessed 2024-02-08] crossReference program Hoppema, Mario; Bakker, Dorothee C. E.; Schröder, Michael; Geibert, Walter; Fütterer, Dieter K. (2013). Dissolved inorganic carbon, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement and other instruments from POLARSTERN in the Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Oceans from 2002-11-24 to 2003-01-23 (NCEI Accession 0108068). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.clivar_a12_antxx_2. 2013-06-05 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.clivar_a12_antxx_2 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0108068 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108068.html HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108068.html Related dataset information Hoppema, Mario Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) author Bakker, Dorothee C. E. University of East Anglia (UEA) https://www.uea.ac.uk/ HTTPS University of East Anglia (UEA) website Institution web page information author Schröder, Michael Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) https://www.awi.de/ HTTPS Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) website Institution web page information author Geibert, Walter author Fütterer, Dieter K. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) publisher tableDigital crossReference project Hoppema, Mario; Bellerby, Richard G. J.; Strass, Volker H.; Bathmann, Ulrich (2013). Dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, bottle and other instruments from POLARSTERN in the South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Oceans from 2007-11-28 to 2008-02-04 (NCEI Accession 0108067). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.clivar_a12_ant-xxiv_2. 2013-06-05 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.clivar_a12_ant-xxiv_2 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0108067 https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108067.html HTTPS https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108067.html Related dataset information Hoppema, Mario Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) author Bellerby, Richard G. J. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0157620 v1.1 was published. 2016-12-20T19:52:22Z NCEI Accession 0157620 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0157620/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0157620 v1.1 published 2016-12-20T19:52:22Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: Total alkalinity; Abbreviation: TA; Observation type: discrete; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation; Measured or calculated: Measured; Type of titration: Potentiometric titration; Curve fitting method: VINDTA 3C system (Mintrop et al., 2000) (www.MARIANDA.com); Uncertainty: System precision of ± 1.0 μmol kg-1; Method reference: Mintrop L, Pérez FF, González-Dávila M, Santana-Casiano JM, Körtzinger A (2000) Alkalinity determination by potentiometry: Intercalibration using three different methods, Ciencias Marinas 26: 23-37. Parameter or Variable: pH; Abbreviation: pH; pH scale: Total Scale; Observation type: discrete; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation; Measured or calculated: Measured; Temperature of pH measurement: 10 Deg_C; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: The pH is measured in total scale ([H+]T = [H+]F + [HSO4-], where [H+]F is the free proton concentration), pHT at a constant temperature of 10oC; Uncertainty: Reproducibility of the system is better than 0.002 pH units (after 11 analyses) Parameter or Variable: CTDPRE; Abbreviation: CTDPRE; Unit: DBAR; Controlled vocabulary name: HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: CTD_TMP; Abbreviation: CTD_TMP; Unit: DEG_C; Controlled vocabulary name: WATER TEMPERATURE; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: CTDSAL; Abbreviation: CTDSAL; Unit: PSU; Controlled vocabulary name: SALINITY; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: SALNTY; Abbreviation: SALNTY; Controlled vocabulary name: SALINITY; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: CTDOXY; Abbreviation: CTDOXY; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: DISSOLVED OXYGEN; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN; Abbreviation: OXYGEN; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: DISSOLVED OXYGEN; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: SILCAT; Abbreviation: SILCAT; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: silicate; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: NITRAT; Abbreviation: NITRAT; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: NITRATE; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: NITRIT; Abbreviation: NITRIT; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: NITRITE; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: PHSPHT; Abbreviation: PHSPHT; Unit: UMOL/KG; Controlled vocabulary name: phosphate; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: ALKALI; Abbreviation: ALKALI; Unit: UMOL/KG (Underway); Controlled vocabulary name: total alkalinity; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: PH_TOT; Abbreviation: PH_TOT; Controlled vocabulary name: pH; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: PH_TMP; Abbreviation: PH_TMP; Unit: DEG_C; Controlled vocabulary name: pH; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: THETA; Abbreviation: THETA; Unit: DEG_C; Controlled vocabulary name: Potential temperature (theta); In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe spectrophotometer spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, optical spectrometer, spectrograph or spectroscope An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. Butler, L. R. P.; Laqua, K. (1995). "Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)". Pure Appl. Chem. IUPAC. 67 (10): 1725–1744. doi:10.1351/pac199567101725. A spectrometer is the general term for describing a combination of spectral apparatus with one or more detectors to measure the intensity of one or more spectral bands." titrator titrator titrator RV Polarstern Additional information provided by ICES on 7/9/2009: Polarstern Flag : GERMANY - DE (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : DBLK Title : Research vessel IMO : 8013132 Commissioned Date : 1982-12-01 Current Length : 118 Built : 1982 Notes : Icebreaker rV Information Source : http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/ships/polarstern/ () Lloyds URL : http://www.lloydsmiu.com/lmiu/vessels/overview.htm?vesselID=154010