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DICKSON, ANDREW

Professor-in-Residence in Marine Chemistry

Degrees:

• B.S., Liverpool University, England
• Ph.D., Liverpool University, England

Research Interests:

• Ocean acidification
• Quality control of oceanic carbon dioxide measurements
• Biogeochemistry of the upper ocean
• Marine inorganic chemistry
• Thermodynamics of electrolyte solutions at high temperatures and pressures
• Analytical chemistry of carbon dioxide in seawater

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 141: Chem Prin of Marine Systems
• SIO 260: Marine Chemistry
• SIO141: Chem Prin of Marine Systems
• SIO260: Marine Chemistry
• SIO263: Aqueous Chemistry
• SIO268: Seminar/Geochem & Marine Chem
• SIO269: Spec Topics/Marine Chemistry

Mentoring:

• Bockmon, Emily (Graduate; 2008-)
• Fitch, Nina (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
• Bailey, Shannon (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
• Bernstein, Whitney (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
• Meyer, Todd (Undergrad; 2006-2006)
• Pantera, James (Undergrad; 2006-2006)
• Radich, J. Adam (Graduate; 2006-)
• Thach, Goldamer (Undergrad; 2006-2006)
• Montgomery, Tim (Undergrad; 2005-2005)
• Skacel, Jeffrey (Undergrad; 2005-2006)
• Becker-Brungard, Heather (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
• Carter, Brendan (Graduate; 2004-)
• McBroom, Katherine (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
• McDonnell, Andrew (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
• Carter, Brendan (Undergrad; 2003-2003)
• Hernandez, Larry (Undergrad; 2003-2003)
• Hernandez-Ayon, J. martin (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Boyle, Katherine (Graduate; 2002-2006)
• Seldomridge, Nathan (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
• Vannier, Denis (Undergrad; 1999-1999)
• Cragan, Jennifer (Graduate; 1998-2003)
• Russell, Joellen (Graduate; 1994-1999)

Sabine, C. L., Feely, R. H., Millero, F. J., Dickson, A. G., Langdon, C., Mecking, S., & Greeley, D., 2008. Decadal Changes in Pacific Carbon. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, C07021, doi:10.1029/2007JC004577.

Seidel, M. P., DeGrandpre, M. D., & Dickson, A. G., 2008. A sensor for in situ indicator-based measurements of seawater pH. Marine Chemistry 109, 18–28.

Dickson, A.G., Sabine, C.L. and Christian, J.R. (Eds.) 2007. Guide to Best Practices for Ocean CO2 Measurements. PICES Special Publication 3, 191 pp.

Christov, C., Dickson, A. G., & Moller, N., 2007. Thermodynamic modeling of aqueous aluminum chemistry and solid-liquid equilibria to high solution concentration and temperature. I. The acidic H-Al-Na-K-Cl-H2O system from 0° to 100 °C. Journal of Solution Chemistry 36, 1495–1523.

Caldeira, K., Archer, D., Barry, J.P., Bellerby, R. G. J., Brewer, P.G., Cao, L., Dickson, A.G., Doney, S.C., Elderfield, H., Fabry, V.J., Feely, R.F., Gattuso, J.-P., Haugan, P.M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Jain, A.K., Kleypas, J.A., Langdon, C., Orr, J.C., Ridgwell, A., Sabine, C.L., Seibel, B.A., Shirayama, Y., Turley, C., Watson, A.J., & Zeebe, R.E., 2007. Comment on “Modern-age buildup of CO2 and its effects on seawater acidity and salinity.” Geophysical Research Letters 34, L18608, doi:10.1029/2006GL027288.

Hernández-Ayón, J. M., Zirino, A., Dickson, A. G., Camiro-Vargas, T., & Valenzuela, E., 2007. Estimating the contribution of organic bases from microalgae to the titration alkalinity in coastal seawaters. Limnology & Oceanography, Methods 5, 225–232.

Wolf-Gladrow, D. A., Zeebe, R. E., Klaas, C., Körtzinger, A. & Dickson, A. G., 2007. Total alkalinity: the explicit conservative expression and its application to biogeochemical processes. Marine Chemistry 106, 287–300.

Lee, K., Tong, L. T., Millero, F. J., Sabine, C. L., Dickson, A. G., Goyet, C., Park, G.-H., Wanninkhof, R., Feely, R. A., & Key, R. M., 2006. Global relationships of total alkalinity with salinity and temperature in surface waters of the major oceans. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L19605, doi:10.1029/2006GL027207.

Martz, T. R., Dickson, A. G. & DeGrandpre, M. D., 2006. Tracer monitored titrations. Analytical Chemistry 78, 1817–1826. Nemzer, B. V. & Dickson, A. G., 2004. The stability and reproducibility of Tris buffers in synthetic seawater. Marine Chemistry 96, 237–242.

Daly, K. L., Byrne, R. H., Dickson, A. G., Gallagher, S. M., Perry, M. J. & Tivey, M. K., 2004. Chemical and Biological Sensors for Time-Series Research: Current Status and New Directions. Marine Technology Society Journal 38, Number 2, 121–143.

Watanabe, A., Kayanne, H., Nozaki, K., Kato, K., Negishi, A., Kudo, S., Kimoto, H., Tsuda, M., Dickson, A. G., 2004. A rapid, precise potentiometric determination of total alkalinity in seawater by a newly developed flow-through analyzer designed for coastal regions. Marine Chemistry 85, 75–87.

Russell, J. L. & Dickson, A. G., 2003. Variability in oxygen and nutrients in South Pacific Antarctic Intermediate Water. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17, 10.1029/2000GB001317.

Dickson, A. G., Afghan, J. D. & Anderson, G. C., 2003. Reference materials for oceanic CO2 analysis: A method for the certification of total alkalinity. Marine Chemistry 80, 185-197.

Lamb, M. F., Sabine, C. L., Feely, R. A., Wanninkhof, R., Key, R. M., Johnson, G. C., Millero, F. J., Lee, K., Peng, T.-H., Kozyr, A., Bullister, J. L., Greeley, D., Byrne, R. H., Chipman, D. W., Dickson, A. G., Goyet, C., Guenther, P. R., Ishii, M., Johnson, K. M., Keeling, C. D., Ono, T., Shitashima, K., Tilbrook, B., Takahashi, T., Wallace, D. W. R., Watanabe, Y., Winn, C. & Wong, C. S., 2002. Consistency and synthesis of Pacific Ocean CO2 Survey data. Deep-Sea Research II 49, 21–58.

Lueker, T. J., Dickson, A. G. & Keeling, C. D., 2000. Ocean pCO2 calculated from dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and equations for K1 and K2: validation based on laboratory measurements of CO2 in gas and seawater at equilibrium. Marine Chemistry 70, 105–119.

DelValls, T. A. & Dickson, A. G., 1998. The pH of buffers based on 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol ('tris') in synthetic sea water. Deep-Sea Research I 45, 1541-1554.

Johnson, K. M., Dickson, A. G., Eischeid, G., Goyet, C., Guenther, P., Key, R. M., Millero, F. J., Purkerson, D., Sabine, C. L., Schottle, R. G., Wallace, D. R. W., Wilke, R. J. & Winn, C. D., 1998. Coulometric total carbon dioxide analysis for marine studies: assessment of the quality of total inorganic carbon measurements made during the US Indian Ocean CO2 survey 1994–1996. Marine Chemistry 63, 21–37.

Millero, F. J., Dickson, A. G., Eischeid, G., Goyet, C., Guenther, P., Johnson, K. M., Key, R. M., Lee, K., Purkerson, D., Sabine, C. L., Schottle, R. G., Wallace, D. R. W., Lewis, E. & Winn, C. D., 1998. Assessment of the quality of the shipboard measurements of total alkalinity on the WOCE Hydrographic Program Indian Ocean CO2 survey cruises 1994–1996. Marine Chemistry 63, 9–20.