Measuring pH variability using an experimental sensor on an underwater glider

Hemming, Michael P.; Kaiser, Jan; Heywood, Karen J.; Bakker, Dorothee C.E.; Boutin, Jacqueline; Shitashima, Kiminori; Lee, Gareth; Legge, Oliver; Onken, Reiner

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-427-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-427-2017

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24 May 2017

Research article |

| 24 May 2017

Measuring pH variability using an experimental sensor on an underwater glider

Michael P. Hemming, Jan Kaiser, Karen J. Heywood, Dorothee C.E. Bakker, Jacqueline Boutin, Kiminori Shitashima, Gareth Lee, Oliver Legge, and Reiner Onken

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Preprint (discussion started on 11 Oct 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review to Hemming et al (OSD, 2016)', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Nov 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Michael Hemming, 25 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review of Hemming et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Michael Hemming, 25 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Review of “Measuring pH variability using an experimental sensor on an underwater glider” by Michael P. Hemming et al.”', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to RC3', Michael Hemming, 25 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Michael Hemming on behalf of the Authors (01 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (28 Apr 2017) by Jacopo Chiggiato

AR by Michael Hemming on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2017)

Short summary

Underwater gliders are useful platforms for monitoring the world oceans at a high resolution. An experimental pH sensor was attached to an underwater glider in the Mediterranean Sea, which is an important carbon sink region. Comparing measurements from the glider with those obtained from a ship indicated that there were issues with the experimental pH sensor. Correcting for these issues enabled us to look at pH variability in the area related to biomass abundance and physical water properties.