Earth System Science Data Discussions www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net 1866-3591 2 1 2009 10.5194/essdd-2-493-2009 http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/2/493/2009/ http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/2/493/2009/essdd-2-493-2009.html http://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/2/493/2009/essdd-2-493-2009.pdf 493 536 2009-10-16 Nordic Seas and Arctic Ocean CFC data in CARINA E. Jeansson emil.jeansson@bjerknes.uib.no K. A. Olsson T. Tanhua J. L. Bullister Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, UNIFOB AS, Bergen, Norway Department of Chemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Marine Biogeochemie, Kiel, Germany Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle, Washington, USA present address: Volvo Technology Corporation, Environment & Chemistry, Gothenburg, Sweden Water column data of carbon and carbon relevant hydrographic and hydrochemical parameters from 188 previously non-publicly available cruises in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Southern Ocean have been retrieved and merged into a new database: CARINA (CARbon IN the Atlantic). The data have been subject to rigorous quality control (QC) in order to ensure highest possible quality and consistency. The data for most of the parameters included were examined in order to quantify systematic biases in the reported values, i.e. secondary quality control. Significant biases have been corrected for in the data products, i.e. the three merged files with measured, calculated and interpolated values for each of the three CARINA regions; the Arctic Mediterranean Seas (AMS), the Atlantic (ATL) and the Southern Ocean (SO). The Arctic Mediterranean Seas is comprised of the Arctic Ocean and the Nordic Seas, and the quality control was carried out separately in these two areas. <br><br> Here we present an overview of the QC of the CFC data for the Arctic Mediterranean Seas, including the chlorofluorocarbons CFC-11, CFC-12 and CFC-113, as well as carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄). For the secondary QC of the CFCs we used a combination of tools, including the evaluation of depth profiles and CFC ratios, surface saturations and a crossover analysis. This resulted in a multiplicative adjustment of some cruise data, while some other cruises were flagged with questionable quality, which excluded them from the final data product. 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