Fischer, Gerhard; Karakas, Gökay (2010): (Table 1) Sinking rates of particles in the Atlantic Ocean based on seasonal data [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.737982, In supplement to: Fischer, G; Karakas, G (2009): Sinking rates and ballast composition of particles in the Atlantic Ocean: implications for the organic carbon fluxes to the deep ocean. Biogeosciences, 6, 85-102, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-6-85-2009
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Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -4.941608 * Median Longitude: -18.942112 * South-bound Latitude: -62.250000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.533300 * North-bound Latitude: 21.300000 * East-bound Longitude: 9.150000
Date/Time Start: 1983-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2002-01-01T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: -5601.0 m * Maximum Elevation: -1952.0 m
Event(s):
BO3_trap (BO3) * Latitude: -54.333300 * Longitude: -3.300000 * Location: Bouvet Island * Method/Device: Mooring (long time) (MOORY)
CB3_trap * Latitude: 21.138000 * Longitude: -20.672000 * Date/Time Start: 1990-04-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-04-30T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4094.0 m * Campaign: M12/1 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Trap (TRAP)
CB4_trap * Latitude: 21.145000 * Longitude: -20.687000 * Date/Time Start: 1991-05-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1991-11-19T00:00:00 * Elevation: -4108.0 m * Campaign: M16/2 * Basis: Meteor (1986) * Method/Device: Trap (TRAP)
Comment:
EAA = Eastern Equatorial Atlantic, WEA =Western Equatorial Atlantic.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | Area/locality | Area | Fischer, Gerhard | Area | ||
| 6 | Area/locality | Area | Fischer, Gerhard | Location | ||
| 7 | Sample code/label | Sample label | Fischer, Gerhard | deployment | ||
| 8 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 9 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Fischer, Gerhard | |||
| 10 | Depth, top/min | Depth top | m | Fischer, Gerhard | trap depth upper | |
| 11 | Depth, bottom/max | Depth bot | m | Fischer, Gerhard | trap depth lower | |
| 12 | Duration, number of days | Duration | days | Fischer, Gerhard | sampling interval days | |
| 13 | Lag of peaks | Lag peak | # | Fischer, Gerhard | cups | |
| 14 | Lag of peaks | Lag peak | days | Fischer, Gerhard | ||
| 15 | Season | Season | Fischer, Gerhard | season/month | ||
| 16 | Sinking velocity | Sinking V | m/day | Fischer, Gerhard | major peak method (Berelson, 2002) | |
| 17 | Sinking velocity | Sinking V | m/day | Fischer, Gerhard | major peak method (Berelson, 2002) | |
| 18 | Standard deviation | Std dev | ± | Fischer, Gerhard | major peak method (Berelson, 2002) | |
| 19 | Coefficient | Coeff | Fischer, Gerhard | correlation method | correlation coefficient, no shift | |
| 20 | Coefficient | Coeff | Fischer, Gerhard | correlation coefficient, 1-cup-s. | ||
| 21 | Coefficient | Coeff | Fischer, Gerhard | correlation coefficient, 2-cup-s. | ||
| 22 | - | - | Fischer, Gerhard | data points | ||
| 23 | Sinking velocity | Sinking V | m/day | Fischer, Gerhard | correlation method | |
| 24 | Sinking velocity | Sinking V | m/day | Fischer, Gerhard | mean s. r. | |
| 25 | Standard deviation | Std dev | ± | Fischer, Gerhard | ||
| 26 | Reference/source | Reference | Fischer, Gerhard | basis reference |
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Size:
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