A compilation of dissolved noble gas and N2/Ar ratio measurements collected from 1999-2016 in locations spanning the globe

• Main Authors: Hamme, Roberta C., Jenkins, William J., Emerson, Steven R., Nicholson, David P.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Contact: [e-mail] 2018
• Subjects: Canada; Pacific; Scripps; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10538

Dataset: Global Noble Gases Inert gases dissolved in the ocean are powerful tracers of the impact of physical processes on gases, particularly air-sea gas exchange (by both diffusive and bubble-meditated processes), temperature change, atmospheric pressure variation, mixing between different water masses, and ice processes. We have compiled a global ocean database of dissolved neon, argon, and krypton measurements, supplemented by helium, xenon, and nitrogen/argon (N2/Ar) ratios in some locations. Samples were collected on board multiple research cruises spanning the period 1999 through 2016 and analyzed by mass spectrometry at four different shore-based laboratories (University of Victoria, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Washington, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography). For a complete list of measurements, refer to the supplemental document 'Field_names.pdf', and a full dataset description is included in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: http://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/743867 NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-0623034, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-0926659, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 328290-2006, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-1130870, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-1232991, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-1029299, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 329290-2012, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 433848-2012, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 433898-2012, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-9617487, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-9819181, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-9906922, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-0221247, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-0242139, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE) OCE-0647979, NSF Division of Ocean Sciences ...