The RITS Ocean Cruise of 1989The peak analysis outputs of chromatograms measured from air and surface water equilibrator samples collected during the RITS Discovery Pacific Ocean Cruise of 1989 have been used to compute atmospheric and surface water concentrations of the following compounds: N2O, CFC-11, CFC-113, CH3CCl3, and CCl4.
 
Shown below is a plot of the atmospheric and surface water concentrations of N2O measured during the ship's northbound equatorial crossing. The N2O plot shows the relative abundance of N2O in the warmer surface waters near the equator. The concentrations computed to date remain preliminary.
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