Biogeochemical sensor performance in the SOCCOM profiling float array

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 6416-6436

  Johnson, Kenneth S ^a   Plant, Joshua N ^a   Coletti, Luke J ^a   Jannasch, Hans W ^a   Sakamoto, Carole M ^a   Riser, Stephen C ^b   Swift, Dana D ^b   Williams, Nancy L ^c   Boss, Emmanuel ^d   Haëntjens, Nils ^d   Talley, Lynne D ^e   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^f  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bio optical sensors; nitrate sensors; oxygen sensors; pH sensors; profiling floats; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARRAY; BACKSCATTER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLER; SENSOR;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 85027514236     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012838     Document Type: Article

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