Water mass fractions and ages calculated from hydrographic and tracer data using a maximum-entropy inversion technique. This dataset contains the fraction of water last ventilated in a given region regardless of the time elapsed since ventilation (in practice, younger than 4000 years) as well as the corresponding ensemble standard deviations.
Water mass fractions and ages calculated from hydrographic and tracer data using a maximum-entropy inversion technique.
This dataset contains the fraction of water last ventilated in a given region regardless of the time elapsed since ventilation (in practice, younger than 4000 years) as well as the corresponding ensemble standard deviations.
Data File Formats:
For a .csv or .tsv format of these data, use the "Get Data" button at the top of the BCO-DMO metadata page.
For a Matlab file containing all of the water mass fraction data from this project, see the "Data Files" section of the BCO-DMO metadata page.
Smethie Jr., W., Holzer, M., Ting, Y. (2020) The fraction of water last ventilated in a given region regardless of the time elapsed since ventilation (in practice, younger than 4000 years) based on samples collected from R/V Knorr cruises KN199-04 and KN204-01 during 2010-2011. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2020-05-06 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.810696.1 [access date]
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