Dissolved N2O, CO and CO2 were measured in the surface ocean layer in the eastern tropical South Pacific Ocean during the Meteor cruise M90 (Cristobal-Callao, October/November 2012) and in the upwelling off Peru during M91 (Callao-Callao, December 2012) and M93 (Callao-Balboa, February/March 2013). First (preliminary) results are presented