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Seasonal full-depth dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), total alkalinity (TA), pH, and aragonite saturation state (Ωarag) at nine stations across the Florida Straits at 27°N from 2002 to 2018 (NCEI Accession 0244859)

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This dataset contains full-depth carbonate chemistry profile data at the seasonal frequency of ship-based hydrographic surveys for the Florida Straits at 27°N from 2002 to 2018. We firstly developed an algorithm to estimate subsurface (~50 m) dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) using measured data from carbonate chemistry-focused research cruise surveys across the Florida Straits at 27°N. This algorithm was then applied to the long-term non-carbonate chemistry time-series dataset to generate a DIC record. Total alkalinity of the full water column was estimated from a linear relationship with salinity based on measured data from carbonate chemistry focused research cruise surveys across the Florida Straits at 27°N. Furthermore, subsurface pH and aragonite saturation state (Ωarag) were calculated from DIC and TA using CO2SYS (Van Heuven et al., 2009) with the first and second carbonic acid dissociation constants K1 and K2 from Lueker et al. (2000), the acidity constant of the ion HSO4- from Dickson (1990), and borate-to-salinity ratio from Lee et al. (2010). For surface mixed layer (<50 m), DIC, pH, and (Ωarag) were calculated from TA and fCO2, where the latter was calculated using algorithms provided by Wanninkhof et al. (2020) based on the observational data from the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Ship of Opportunity-CO2 (SOOP-CO2) program from Royal Caribbean international cruise ships.

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0244859 ARAGONITE SATURATION STATE DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON (DIC) DISSOLVED OXYGEN pH SALINITY total alkalinity WATER TEMPERATURE carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer CTD Niskin bottle oxygen sensor salinometer temperature sensor titrator chemical discrete sample physical R/V F.G. Walton Smith NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory University of Miami University of Miami US DOC; NOAA; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) North Atlantic Ocean Straits of Florida oceanography DOC/NOAA/OAR/AOML > Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Various Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS) Project SOOP NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBONATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > INORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY Data synthesis product Discrete measurement SOOP Lines DIC O2 Salinity TA Temperature pH sigma-theta Ωarag CO2 ANALYZERS > CO2 ANALYZERS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth NISKIN BOTTLES OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS SALINOMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS F. G. Walton Smith (call sign: WCZ6292, ICES code: 33WA, 1999-) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN Atlantic Ocean Florida Straits

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