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Heuzé, Céline; Sahlin, Sara; Tanhua, Toste; Stöven, Tim; Andrée, Elin (2021): SF6 and CFC12 in the water column during POLARSTERN cruise PS106/2 (ARK-XXXI/1.2) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.929650

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Abstract:
Dissolved gases that act as passive transient tracers have become increasingly popular in physical oceanography for determining the age of a water mass as well as its circulation. In particular, chlorofluorocarbon CFC12 and Sulfur Hexafluoride SF6 are most adapted for comparatively deep water masses that may be several decades old. We here present the full depth concentrations of CFC12 and SF6 from samples collected in June-July 2017 as part of the Polarstern expedition PS106.2 (ARK-XXXI/1.2) ”SiPCA” north of Svalbard, from the shelf to the Nansen abyssal plain. During selected casts, up to ten samples were collected from the Niskin (as first sample collected upon opening of the Niskin). All Niskin bottles had been cleaned with isopropanol beforehand. Samples were collected by connecting a 300 ml glass ampoule to the Niskin tap via an airtight stainless steel system. We let the ampoule fill three times for rinsing, screwed the system shut after the fourth filling, and immediately put the ampoule in icy cold water. These ampoules were flame sealed immediately after collection, one at a time, so that the last sample was sealed at worst a few hours after the cast. The samples were analysed on land in the months that followed the expedition, at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung, according to the method described in Stöven (2011). These concentrations will now contribute both to local studies of the Svalbard shelf break and its ecosystem, but also to our understanding of the large scale circulation of deep water masses in the Arctic Ocean.
Keyword(s):
Arctic; CFC12; chemistry; physical oceanography; SF6; Svalbard; tracers
Further details:
Stöven, Tim (2011): Ventilation processes of the Mediterranean Sea based on CFC-12 and SF6 measurements. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany, 152 pp, http://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/13936
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 82.096462 * Median Longitude: 27.324462 * South-bound Latitude: 80.610000 * West-bound Longitude: 17.280000 * North-bound Latitude: 83.660000 * East-bound Longitude: 33.420000
Date/Time Start: 2017-06-30T05:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-07-14T19:46:00
Minimum DEPTH, water: 1.2 m * Maximum DEPTH, water: 3985.8 m
Event(s):
PS106_53-1  * Latitude: 81.570350 * Longitude: 33.424520 * Date/Time: 2017-06-30T05:30:00 * Elevation: -279.0 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS106/2 (ARK-XXXI/1.2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
PS106_56-1  * Latitude: 81.693290 * Longitude: 32.912790 * Date/Time: 2017-06-30T11:17:00 * Elevation: -1628.0 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS106/2 (ARK-XXXI/1.2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
PS106_67-3  * Latitude: 81.966320 * Longitude: 32.411200 * Date/Time: 2017-07-03T14:20:00 * Elevation: -2811.0 m * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS106/2 (ARK-XXXI/1.2) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: CTD/Rosette (CTD-RO)
Comment:
Concentrations in SF6 and CFC12 in the water column from samples collected from R/V Polarstern during expedition PS106.2 "SiPCA", June-July 2017, north of Svalbard. The samples were flame-sealed onboard by S. Sahlin, and analysed on land by T. Tanhua and T. Stöven at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung.
The quality control flag values are the same as WOCE: 2=good, 3=probably bad, 4=known bad, 9=not sampled.
Size:
455 data points

Data

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Event

Station

Bottle [#]

Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

Press [dbar]

Depth water [m]

SF6 [fmol/kg]
10 
CFC-12 [pmol/kg]
11 
QF
(SF6)
12 
QF
(CFC12)
PS106_53-1 53_122017-06-30T05:3081.5733.42274.3271.13.483.6022
PS106_53-153_132017-06-30T05:3081.5733.42223.9221.44.073.7922
PS106_53-153_1102017-06-30T05:3081.5733.4259.358.73.683.5722
PS106_56-1 56_112017-06-30T11:1781.6932.911613.11589.51.131.3322
PS106_56-156_122017-06-30T11:1781.6932.911521.41499.51.491.3722
PS106_56-156_132017-06-30T11:1781.6932.911013.2999.81.601.4122
PS106_56-156_142017-06-30T11:1781.6932.91760.3750.72.773.0622
PS106_56-156_162017-06-30T11:1781.6932.91303.7300.13.043.2122
PS106_56-156_172017-06-30T11:1781.6932.91158.1156.33.562.9822
PS106_56-156_182017-06-30T11:1781.6932.9189.888.81.481.1633
PS106_56-156_1152017-06-30T11:1781.6932.9127.727.41.611.3433
PS106_56-156_1162017-06-30T11:1781.6932.914.74.73.023.2122
PS106_67-3 67_332017-07-03T14:2081.9732.412800.22752.00.090.0722
PS106_67-367_342017-07-03T14:2081.9732.412031.31999.80.420.5822
PS106_67-367_352017-07-03T14:2081.9732.411013.2999.81.261.7522
PS106_67-367_382017-07-03T14:2081.9732.41861.5850.31.572.0422
PS106_67-367_3102017-07-03T14:2081.9732.41151.4149.73.283.2422
PS106_67-367_3192017-07-03T14:2081.9732.4131.130.73.884.0522
PS106_69-4 69_422017-07-05T11:4183.2733.193724.43652.60.110.0622
PS106_69-469_472017-07-05T11:4183.2733.191003.9990.60.891.7522
PS106_69-469_4102017-07-05T11:4183.2733.19780.0770.01.442.6522
PS106_69-469_4172017-07-05T11:4183.2733.1925.024.73.324.2322
PS106_73-4 73_442017-07-07T03:0983.6631.724041.83961.10.020.0422
PS106_73-473_452017-07-07T03:0983.6631.723054.22999.80.000.0422
PS106_73-473_462017-07-07T03:0983.6631.722032.72001.10.210.2422
PS106_73-473_472017-07-07T03:0983.6631.721014.21000.71.032.1222
PS106_73-473_4102017-07-07T03:0983.6631.72790.8780.71.422.7222
PS106_73-473_4112017-07-07T03:0983.6631.72506.7500.50.930.3733
PS106_73-473_4192017-07-07T03:0983.6631.7220.320.13.204.4922
PS106_74-1 74_142017-07-08T08:4783.4728.014067.23985.80.040.0422
PS106_74-174_152017-07-08T08:4783.4728.013055.03000.60.060.0922
PS106_74-174_162017-07-08T08:4783.4728.012031.72000.10.230.3722
PS106_74-174_1112017-07-08T08:4783.4728.01506.0499.91.793.4722
PS106_74-174_1172017-07-08T08:4783.4728.0140.740.23.464.9322
PS106_75-1 75_152017-07-09T02:5382.9824.873054.63000.30.070.1822
PS106_75-175_162017-07-09T02:5382.9824.872032.02000.40.200.3022
PS106_75-175_172017-07-09T02:5382.9824.871013.81000.31.242.0222
PS106_75-175_1102017-07-09T02:5382.9824.87760.1750.41.582.9622
PS106_75-175_1112017-07-09T02:5382.9824.87506.4500.21.723.3822
PS106_75-175_1122017-07-09T02:5382.9824.87253.4250.52.253.6122
PS106_78-1 78_142017-07-10T22:1382.0417.412726.32679.80.090.1322
PS106_78-178_152017-07-10T22:1382.0417.412031.41999.90.280.4222
PS106_78-178_192017-07-10T22:1382.0417.41810.2799.81.703.0722
PS106_78-178_1102017-07-10T22:1382.0417.41567.5560.51.932.7822
PS106_78-178_1122017-07-10T22:1382.0417.41164.1162.32.131.9423
PS106_80-6 80_642017-07-12T23:3281.4117.28966.3953.61.131.5722
PS106_80-680_652017-07-12T23:3281.4117.28607.6600.11.883.0122
PS106_80-680_662017-07-12T23:3281.4117.28403.3398.52.753.6022
PS106_80-680_6162017-07-12T23:3281.4117.2822.822.53.363.9822
PS106_80-680_6172017-07-12T23:3281.4117.2810.710.63.364.0122
PS106_83-1 83_112017-07-13T09:0381.2118.82423.8418.73.053.5922
PS106_83-183_122017-07-13T09:0381.2118.82366.8362.52.953.5822
PS106_83-183_132017-07-13T09:0381.2118.82303.3299.83.113.5522
PS106_83-183_192017-07-13T09:0381.2118.82123.9122.53.313.5322
PS106_83-183_1102017-07-13T09:0381.2118.82101.2100.13.043.4822
PS106_83-183_1132017-07-13T09:0381.2118.8219.519.23.714.1822
PS106_83-183_1222017-07-13T09:0381.2118.821.71.72.041.8733
PS106_85-1 85_112017-07-14T19:4680.6129.49304.0300.57.115.0932
PS106_85-185_122017-07-14T19:4680.6129.49253.2250.23.324.3522
PS106_85-185_122017-07-14T19:4680.6129.49253.2250.33.584.8622
PS106_85-185_192017-07-14T19:4680.6129.4981.380.43.514.5222
PS106_85-185_1162017-07-14T19:4680.6129.4935.935.52.993.6522
PS106_85-185_1172017-07-14T19:4680.6129.4910.710.63.715.1922
PS106_85-185_1172017-07-14T19:4680.6129.4910.710.63.614.6222
PS106_85-185_1232017-07-14T19:4680.6129.491.31.23.534.3322