Dataset: Aerosol Data

Name: Trace metal aerosol data from R/V Polarstern cruise ARK-XXVI-3 from Tromso, Norway to Bremerhaven, Germany in 2011 (Be-7 Tracer Method project)
Published: 2014-11-14
Keywords: oceans

Cite This Dataset

Spatial Extent: N:89.25 E:59.88 S:84.55 W:-116.7

Project:

Sample Analysis to Test a Novel Method of Determining Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Elements to the Ocean/Ice System of the Arctic (Be-7 Tracer Method)

Principal Investigator:

William M. Landing (Florida State University, FSU - EOAS)

Scientist:

Rachel Shelley (Florida State University, FSU - EOAS)

Contact:

William M. Landing (Florida State University, FSU - EOAS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

14 Nov 2014

Version Date:

2014-11-14

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Trace metal aerosol data from R/V Polarstern cruise ARK-XXVI-3 from Tromso, Norway to Bremerhaven, Germany in 2011 (Be-7 Tracer Method project)

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Description

Aerosol data collected on R/V Polarstern cruise ARK-XXVI-3.

Methods & Sampling

Aerosols were sampled at a rate of 1 cubic meter per minute (1 m3/min) using the Florida State University high volume aerosol sampler (Tisch Environmental TSP TE5170V). The sampler was located on the flying deck, forward railings. Acid-washed Whatman 41, 47 mm disc (cellulose esters; W41) filters were used.

Method references:
Buck, C.S., et al. 2010. The solubility and deposition of aerosol Fe and other trace elements in the North Atlantic Ocean: observations from the A16N CLIVAR/CO2 repeat hydrography section. Marine Chemistry 120, 57-70. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2008.08.003.
Buck, C. S., Landing, W.M., Resing, J. A., Lebon, G. T. 2006. Aerosol iron and aluminum solubility in the northwest Pacific Ocean: Results from the 2002 IOC cruise. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 7. doi: 10.1029/2005GC000977.
Morton, P.L. et al. 2013. Methods for the sampling and analysis of marine aerosols: results from the 2008 GEOTRACES aerosol intercalibration experiment. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 11:62-78. doi: 10.4319/lom.2013.11.62.

Data Processing Description

Concentrations below the detection limit are flagged as "BDL" in the data columns. Detection limits were calculated using an air volume of 1200 cubic meters. See PDF of detection limits for this dataset.

Quality flag definitions:
BDL = below detection limit.
0 = No QC performed.
1 = Good data.
2 = Probably good data.
3 = Probably bad data that is potentially correctable.
4 = Bad data.
5 = Value changed.
6 = Sample < blank.
8 = Interpolated value.
9 = Missing value.

BCO-DMO edits:
- changed Aug and Sept to 08 and 09 in month columns;
- replaced blanks with 'nd' to indicate 'no data';
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions;
- removed % signs from RSD columns.

Data Files

File
aerosols.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 2.59 KB) MD5:bfd65c0ccfee7807c5ddeea43853ddc3 Primary data file for dataset ID 538512

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Arctic Sciences	PLR-1202992

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
ARK-XXVI-3	PS78 BSH20110148 TransArc	2011-08-05	R/V Polarstern	Dr Ursula Schauer (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Aerosol Sampler

Supplied Name: Tisch Environmental TSP TE5170V

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Aerosol Sampler

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/13/

Generic Description:

A device that collects a sample of aerosol (dry particles or liquid droplets) from the atmosphere.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
julian_day_start	Julian day at the start of the sampling event.	day of year	no_bcodmo_term
cruise_id	Cruise identification number.	dimensionless	cruise_id
day_start	2-digit day of month at the start of the sampling event.	dd (01 to 31)	day_start
month_start	2-digit month of year at the start of the sampling event.	mm (01 to 12)	month_start
year_start	4-digit year of the start of the sampling event.	YYYY	year_start
time_start_UTC	Time (UTC) in hours and minutes at the start of the sampling event; 24-hour clock.	HHMM	ISO_DateTime_UTC
lat_start	Latitude at the start of the sampling event.	decimal degrees	lat_start
lon_start	Longitude at the start of the sampling event.	decimal degrees	lon_start
day_end	2-digit day of month at the end of the sampling event.	dd (01 to 31)	day_end
month_end	2-digit month of year at the end of the sampling event.	mm (01 to 12)	month_end
year_end	4-digit year of the end of the sampling event.	YYYY	year_end
time_end_UTC	Time (UTC) in hours and minutes at the end of the sampling event; 24-hour clock.	HHMM	ISO_DateTime_UTC
lat_end	Latitude at the end of the sampling event.	decimal degrees	lat_end
lon_end	Longitude at the end of the sampling event.	decimal degrees	lon_end
air_vol_total	Total volume of air sampled.	cubic meters (m^3)	no_bcodmo_term
air_vol_per_filter	Volume of air filtered per filter.	cubic meters (m^3)	no_bcodmo_term
Na_Total	Total aerosol Na (Sodium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Na_Total_var	Total aerosol Na concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Na_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Na concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Mg_Total	Total aerosol Mg (Magnesium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Mg_Total_var	Total aerosol Mg concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Mg_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Mg concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Al_Total	Total aerosol Al (Aluminum) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Al_Total_var	Total aerosol Al concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Al_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Al concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
P_Total	Total aerosol P (Phosphorus) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
P_Total_var	Total aerosol P concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
P_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol P concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Sc_Total	Total aerosol Sc (Scandium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Sc_Total_var	Total aerosol Sc concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Sc_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Sc concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Ti_Total	Total aerosol Ti (Titanium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Ti_Total_var	Total aerosol Ti concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Ti_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Ti concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
V_Total	Total aerosol V (Vanadium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
V_Total_var	Total aerosol V concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
V_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol V concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Cr_Total	Total aerosol Cr (Chromium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Cr_Total_var	Total aerosol Cr concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Cr_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Cr concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Mn_Total	Total aerosol Mn (Manganese) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Mn_Total_var	Total aerosol Mn concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Mn_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Mn concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Fe_Total	Total aerosol Fe (Iron) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Fe_Total_var	Total aerosol Fe concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Fe_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Fe concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Co_Total	Total aerosol Co (Cobalt) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Co_Total_var	Total aerosol Co concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Co_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Co concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Ni_Total	Total aerosol Ni (Nickel) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Ni_Total_var	Total aerosol Ni concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Ni_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Ni concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Cu_Total	Total aerosol Cu (Copper) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Cu_Total_var	Total aerosol Cu concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Cu_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Cu concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Zn_Total	Total aerosol Zn (Zinc) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Zn_Total_var	Total aerosol Zn concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Zn_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Zn concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Rb_Total	Total aerosol Rb (Rubidium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Rb_Total_var	Total aerosol Rb concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Rb_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Rb concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Sr_Total	Total aerosol Sr (Strontium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Sr_Total_var	Total aerosol Sr concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Sr_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Sr concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Zr_Total	Total aerosol Zr (Zirconium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Zr_Total_var	Total aerosol Zr concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Zr_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Zr concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Cd_Total	Total aerosol Cd (Cadmium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Cd_Total_var	Total aerosol Cd concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Cd_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Cd concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Sb_Total	Total aerosol Sb (Antimony) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Sb_Total_var	Total aerosol Sb concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Sb_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Sb concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Ba_Total	Total aerosol Ba (Barium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Ba_Total_var	Total aerosol Ba concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Ba_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Ba concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
La_Total	Total aerosol La (Lanthanum) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
La_Total_var	Total aerosol La concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
La_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol La concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Ce_Total	Total aerosol Ce (Cerium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Ce_Total_var	Total aerosol Ce concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Ce_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Ce concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Nd_Total	Total aerosol Nd (Neodymium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Nd_Total_var	Total aerosol Nd concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Nd_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Nd concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Pb_Total	Total aerosol Pb (lead) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Pb_Total_var	Total aerosol Pb concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Pb_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Pb concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
Th_Total	Total aerosol Th (Thorium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
Th_Total_var	Total aerosol Th concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
Th_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol Th concentration.	percent (%)	rsd
U_Total	Total aerosol U (Uranium) concentration.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	metal_conc_air
U_Total_var	Total aerosol U concentration variance.	nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m3)	no_bcodmo_term
U_Total_RSD	Relative standard deviation (rsd) of total aerosol U concentration.	percent (%)	rsd

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