Oceanic Particle Fluxes Measured Using Particle Interceptors during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE)

Trap A was deployed from 24 March until 6 April, 1989, at 46.7 N 19.5 W. Trap B was deployed from 7 April until 20 April, 1989, at 46.5 N 18.5 W. Trap C was deployed from 22 April until 1 June, 1989, at 46.3 N 17.8 W. The positions of the traps were tracked by ARGOS satellites during the time of deployment. Data was collected for the following depths: 150m, 300m, 500m, 750m, 1000m, 1500m and 2000m. The following parameters were measured for each depth: total particulate flux, calcium carbonate particulate flux, total carbon particulate flux, particulate inorganic carbon flux, particulate organic carbon flux, and particulate organic nitrogen flux.

The data is public domain and can be retrieved on-line at "usjgofs.whoi.edu/jg/dir/jgofs/" [This summary was derived from Oceanus vol. 35 and from the JGOFS WWW pages at WHOI.]