Monitoring ocean chemistry

Water samples are collected simultaneously with CTD casts. Water samples are analyzed for carbonate chemistry while CTD casts provide information on the temperature and salinity profile at the site.
A CTD is being deployed (left) while seawater is collected using Niskin bottle (on the right). Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

How to download and use our data

Water chemistry data is archived with OCADS and CTD data is only on NCEI.

sops

SOPs

CTD and Water Sampling in the Pacific - updated 06/2023

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data sheets

Data Sheets

Metadata collected for CTD and water samples

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access raw data

Access Raw Data

CTD casts and water samples are accessible separately.

R code

R Code for Processing

See our team scripts for processing raw data