Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Niskin bottle, and other instruments from R/V Bell M. Shimada in the West Coast of the United States from 2012-09-04 to 2012-09-17 (NODC Accession 0123468)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0123468; 123468; AMMONIA (NH3); CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NITRATE; NITRITE; phosphate; SALINITY; silicate; TOTAL ALKALINITY (TA); WATER TEMPERATURE; Alkalinity titrator; Coulometer for DIC measurement; CTD; fluorometer; Nutrient Autoanalyzer; oxygen meter; salinometer; thermosalinographs; chemical; discrete sample; profile; Bell M. Shimada; Oregon State University; University of South Florida; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Northwest Fisheries Science Center; US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; NODC Ocean Acidification Scientific Data Stewardship (OADS); US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP); North Pacific Ocean; West Coast - US/Canada; oceanography; Ocean Acidification Data Stewardship (OADS) Project; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP); Canada; Pacific; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{AF3321D1-EADD-46B0-AB1B-97D92138A2DC}

This cruise represents the second dedicated West Coast Ocean Acidification cruise (WCOA2012), which took place September 4-17, 2012 aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada. Seventy-seven stations were occupied from northern Washington to southern California along fourteen transect lines. At all stations, CTD casts were conducted, and discrete water samples were collected in Niskin bottles. The cruise was designed to obtain a synoptic snapshot of key carbon, physical, and biogeochemical parameters as they relate to ocean acidification (OA) in the coastal realm. During the cruise, some of the same transect lines were occupied as during the 2007 and 2011 West Coast Carbon cruise, as well as many CalCOFI stations. This effort was conducted in support of the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP).