This manual should be cited as:
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)

Translations to languages other than English are provided by volunteers on an ad hoc basis. If you would like to translate a chapter please contact Alex Kozyr at CDIAC (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Contents of the Guide to best practices for ocean CO₂ measurements:

The "Guide" - Download complete document as one PDF file

• CHAP 1 - Introduction to the Guide
  • Capítulo 1 en Español - Introducción a la Guía
  • Chapter 1 in Korean
  • Chapter 1 in Japanese
  • Chapter 1 in Persian

 

• CHAP 2 - Solution chemistry of carbon dioxide in sea water
  • Chapter 2 in Korean
  • Chapter 2 in Japanese
  • Chapter 2 in Persian

 

• CHAP 3 - Quality assurance
  • Chapter 3 in Korean
  • Chapter 3 in Japanese

 

• CHAP 4 - Recommended standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • Chapter 4 in Korean
  • Chapter 4 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 1 - Water sampling for the parameters of the oceanic carbon dioxide system
    • SOP 1 in Korean
    • SOP 1 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 2 - Determination of total dissolved inorganic carbon in sea water
    • SOP 2 in Korean
    • SOP 2 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 3a - Determination of total alkalinity in sea water using a closed-cell titration
    • SOP 3a in Korean

 

• • SOP 3b - Determination of total alkalinity in sea water using an open-cell titration
    • SOP 3b in Korean
    • SOP 3b in Japanese

 

• • SOP 4 - Determination of p(CO₂) in air that is in equilibrium with a discrete sample of sea water
    • SOP 4 in Korean
    • SOP 4 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 5 - Determination of p(CO₂) in air that is in equilibrium with a continuous stream of sea water
    • SOP 5 in Korean

 

• • SOP 6a - Determination of the pH of sea water using a glass/reference electrode cell
    • SOP 6a in Korean
    • SOP 6a in Japanese

 

• • SOP 6b - Determination of the pH of sea water using the indicator dye m-cresol purple
    • SOP 6b in Korean
    • SOP 6b in Japanese

 

• • SOP 7 - Determination of dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved nitrogen in sea water
    • SOP 7 en Español - Determinacion de carbono organico disuelto y nitrogeno total disuelto en agua de mar
    • SOP 7 in Korean

 

• • SOP 11 - Gravimetric calibration of the volume of a gas loop using water
    • SOP 11 in Korean

 

• • SOP 12 - Gravimetric calibration of volume delivered using water
    • SOP 12 in Korean
    • SOP 12 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 13 - Gravimetric calibration of volume contained using water
    • SOP 13 in Korean
    • SOP 13 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 14 - Procedure for preparing sodium carbonate solutions for the calibration of coulometric C_T measurements
    • SOP 14 in Korean
    • SOP 14 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 21 - Applying air buoyancy corrections
    • SOP 21 in Korean
    • SOP 21 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 22 - Preparation of control charts
    • SOP 22 in Korean
    • SOP 22 in Japanese

 

• • SOP 23 - Statistical techniques used in quality assessment
    • SOP 23 in Korean

 

• • SOP 24 - Calculation of the fugacity of carbon dioxide in the pure gas or in air
    • SOP 24 in Korean

• CHAP 5 - Physical and thermodynamic data
  • CHAP 5 in Korean

This Guide was originally prepared at the request, and with the active participation, of a science team formed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out the first global survey of carbon dioxide in the oceans (DOE. 1994. Handbook of methods for the analysis of the various parameters of the carbon dioxide system in sea water; version 2, A.G. Dickson and C. Goyet, Eds. ORNL/CDIAC-74). The manual has been updated several times since, and the current version contains the most up-to-date information available on the chemistry of CO₂ in sea water and the methodology of determining carbon system parameters. This revision has been made possible by the generous support of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), the Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee (IOC) and DOE through the Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (CDIAC).

Any errors in the text or corrections that arise as the methods evolve can be reported to Alex Kozyr at CDIAC (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

To order a hard copy of the "Guide", please send a message with detailed mail address and number of copies you need to:

• North and South America (except Canada) and Europe - Alex Kozyr at CDIAC (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
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• Russia - Pavel Tishchenko at V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)