Following is a list of references to standard operating procedures, best practices, manuals and user guides which include information on how to handle surface CO2 measurements in marine waters. Please contact the IOCCP Office if you have suggestions for documents that you think are missing from this site.
Standard operating procedures & best practices
- Palevsky, H.I., Clayton, S., et al. (2023). OOI Biogeochemical Sensor Data: Best Practices & User Guide, Version 1.1.1. Ocean Observatories Initiative Biogeochemical Sensor Data Working Group, 134 pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1865.2
- Pierrot, D., and T. Steinhoff (2019). Installation of autonomous underway pCO₂ instruments onboard ships of opportunity. NOAA Technical Report, OAR-AOML-50, doi:10.25923/ffz6-0x48, 31 pp.
- Pierrot, D., Neill, C., Sullivan, K., Castle, R., Wanninkhof, R., Lüger, H., Johannessen, T., Olsen, A., Feely, R.A., Cosca, C.E. (2009). Recommendations for autonomous underway pCO₂ measuring systems and data-reduction routines. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 56 (8–10), pp. 512–522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.005
- Dickson, A.G., Sabine, C.L. and Christian, J.R. (Eds.) (2007). Guide to best practices for ocean CO₂ measurements. PICES Special Publication 3, 191 pp. ("Guide" in one PDF file or individual chapters including several translations)
- Dickson, A.G., Afghan, J.D., Anderson, G.C. (2003). Reference materials for oceanic CO₂ analysis: a method for the certification of total alkalinity. Marine Chemistry 80 (2–3), pp. 185–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-4203(02)00133-0
Intecomparison Exercises
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User guides
- Lorenzoni, L., M. Telszewski, H. Benway, A. P. Palacz (Eds.), 2017. A user's guide for selected autonomous biogeochemical sensors. An outcome from the 1st IOCCP International Sensors Summer Course.IOCCP Report No. 2/2017, 83 pp.