Protocols are also referenced in the individual data set documentation descriptions. Any specific modifications to existing procedures are noted there as well. A historical protocols page has been preserved.

Palmer LTER data, methods, procedures, and standards are summarized in the following table:

• Summary Table

and in the following documents:

• Palmer LTER Program Sampling Grid:
  K.J.Waters, R.C.Smith, 1992
  Antarctic Journal of the United States 27:236-239.
• CTD Operations (working)
  Cruise Conductivity/Temperature/Salinity Measurement Manual (previous)
• DOE Handbook of Methods for the analysis of carbon dioxide
• Carrillo, C.J., Smith, R.C., Karl, D.M., 2004. Processes regulating oxygen and carbon dioxide in surface waters west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Chemistry 84 (3-4), 161-179.
• Dickson, A.G., Goyet, C., 1994. Handbook of methods for the analysis of the various parameters of the carbon dioxide system in sea water. Version 2. ORNL/CDIAC, Oak Ridge TN.Knap, A.,
• Michaels, A.F., Close, A., Ducklow, H.W., Dickson, A., 1994. Protocols for the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Core Measurements. Report Nr 19. Reprint of the IOC Manuals and Guides. UNESCO, Paris, p. vi+170.