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NODC Accession 0109931 includes biological, chemical, meteorological, physical and underway - surface data collected from RONALD H. BROWN in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean from 2009-04-17 to 2009-10-18 and retrieved during cruise RB-09-01, RB-09-02, RB-09-03, RB-09-04, RB-09-05 and RB-09-05T.. These data include AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, CARBON DIOXIDE - AIR, CARBON DIOXIDE - PARTIAL PRESSURE - DIFFERENCE, FLUORESCENCE, Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION and WIND SPEED. The instruments used to collect these data include Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement. These data were collected by Rik Wanninkhof of US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory as part of the R/V Ronald Brown 2009 Underway Data data set. The Global Volunteer Observing Ship (VOS) Program is coordinated by the UNESCO International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP). International groups from 14 countries have been outfitting research ships and commercial vessels with automated CO2 sampling equipment to analyze the carbon exchange between the ocean and atmosphere.