Improvements in potentiometric determinations of the CO2 oceanic system using seawater sub-standards and CO2 reference materials

During the Cither 3 cruise along WOCE section A14, where 107 full-water column stations were surveyed, pH and alkalinity were measured potentiometrically. Corrections carried out on the raw data set have allowed us to improve the data quality. The correction procedure was focused on monitoring: (i)...

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Autores principales: Ríos, AF, Pérez, FF
Formato: Online
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Iniversidad Autónoma de Baja California 1999
Acceso en línea:https://www.cienciasmarinas.com.mx/index.php/cmarinas/article/view/656
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Sumario:During the Cither 3 cruise along WOCE section A14, where 107 full-water column stations were surveyed, pH and alkalinity were measured potentiometrically. Corrections carried out on the raw data set have allowed us to improve the data quality. The correction procedure was focused on monitoring: (i) calibrations, (ii) liquid junction potential and (iii) seawater sub-standards; CO2 reference material (CRM) has been used to check this procedure. Accuracy of pH15 measurements (NBS scale) and alkalinity was 0.004 and 1.4 µmol.kg–1, respectively. Certified total inorganic carbon on CRM, batch 24, is 1987.55 µmol.kg–1. A value of 1987.8 ± 2.2 µmol.kg–1 was obtained following the correction procedure. This improvement was independently verified by means of the covariances between nitrate and pH, and between silicate and normalized alkalinity in North Atlantic Deep Water.