Dissolved black carbon (DBC) concentrations and related data from water samples collected between 2011 and 2019 in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and from rivers in North America, South America, Africa, and Russia

Abstract

Pacific Ocean samples were collected from Station ALOHA (22.45°N, 158.00°W) during the Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) 301 cruise aboard the R/V Ka`imikai-O-Kanaloa in April 2018. Atlantic Ocean samples were collected from Hydrostation S (31.67°N, 64.17°W) during the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS) 358 cruise aboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer in April 2019. River samples were collected from the main stem of the Amazon (Brazil), Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Northern Dvina (Russia), Kolyma (Russia), and Mississippi Rivers (USA) at various time points between 2011 and 2018. Samples were analyzed for dissolved black carbon (DBC), dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and stable carbon isotopes. Data are published in Table 1 and as Supplemental Data in Wagner et al., 2019 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13111-7).

For a complete list of measurements, refer to the full dataset description in the supplemental file 'Dataset_description.pdf'. The most current version of this dataset is available at: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/878750