Update! The version 4.0 of the Cookbook is now available!
An updated version of the Sampling and Sample-handling Protocols for GEOTRACES Cruises (Cookbook, version 4.0, 2024) is now available!
Please click here to download the Cookbook version 4.0.
Changes in Version 4.0 of the cookbook compared to Version 3.0 include:
- a general update of all sections (except for mercury); and
- addition of new sections such a section on Submission of data, metadata and intercalibration reports that includes a description of the DOoR portal and protocols for metadata acquisition.
Thank you very much to the Standards and Intercalibration Committee members and all other contributors!
Previous versions of the cookbook:
The previous versions of the cookbook are also available to download: version 1.0 (2010), version 2.0 (2014), version 3.0 (2017).
Changes in Version 3.0 compared to Version 2.0 included:
- new sections on Aerosols and BioGEOTRACES were added; and
- in general, all sections were reviewed and edited as needed.
Changes in Version 2.0 compared to Version 1.0 included:
- the General Considerations section that outlines steps required for TEI data to be intercalibrated were substantially rewritten;
- the Hydrography and Ancillary Parameters section (and Appendix 2) were simplified by citing and using the GO-SHIP protocols for most hydrographic measurements;
- the Radionuclide section had new procedures for artificial radionuclides added that were inadvertently omitted in Version 1; and
- in general, all sections were reviewed and edited as needed based on experiences with the past 4 years of cruises.