[Consensus Reference Material Collection Data] - Consensus Reference Material Collection Data of marine dissolved organic matter collected in the Florida Strait between 2019 and 2023 (Preparation and Distribution of DOC Consensus Reference Materials)

Dennis A. Hansell at the University of Miami is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation to provide the international community of marine dissolved organic matter analysts the reference waters needed for testing their analytical results against those of a select group of expert analysts. Three depths of the water column are sampled in the Florida Strait, typically twice each year, to collect and distribute those waters as reference materials.

The deepest water (i.e., deep seawater reference (DSR)) is collected in the Florida Straits at 700 m depth. A mid depth seawater reference (MSR), is collected at 150 m depth and surface seawater reference (SSR) is collected at 5 m. In the data table that follows, the relevant information for each collection during NSF Grant OCE-1844886, awarded to the Hansell laboratory, is provided.