Parameter: POC_bbp

Dataset: 
Profile data
Parameter: 
particulate organic Carbon (POC)
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 POC
Short Description:
 particulate organic Carbon (POC)
Official Name:
 POC
No Data Value:
Description:
 

Particulate Organic Carbon. Units may be micrograms/Liter, milligrams/Liter or milligrams/meter^3

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
POC_bbp
Supplied Units: 
mg/meters cubed
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Particulate organic carbon derived from bbp (700 nm); The relationship between corrected bbp(700 nm) measured by the float backscatter sensor (bbp700_corr derived above) and POC concentrations measured in bottle samples collected during concurrent Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study cruises (available at http://www.bco-dmo.org/project/2124 or http://bats.bios.edu) was utilized to predict POC concentration from corrected bbp(700 nm) for all float samples.

Linear regression yields the relationship:

POC [mg/m3] = bbp(700 nm) [m-1] * 32020.0874 + 0.2973; R2 = 0.86.

See https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/728371 for bottle calibration data.