Underway fCO2 measurements collected December 2013 (northbound leg) onboard the RTM Wakmatha on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-inve...

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Other Authors: Bronte Tilbrook (isManagedBy), CSIRO (isManagedBy)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Subjects:
GBR
Future Reef MAP
pCO2
underway
Environmental Monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
Ocean acidification
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/underway-fco2-measurements-reef-australia/549597
https://doi.org/10.4225/08/553D87C7EC11A
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Summary:Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.

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