CMSFluxOcean: NASA Carbon Flux for Ocean Carbon Monitoring

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) provides this dataset to characterize and quantify global carbon sources and sinks. The data likely combines satellite observations and modeling capabilities to produce ocean carbon flux products with quantitative uncertainties. It is maintained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling global carbon sources and sinks based on satellite and surface-based observations.
• Quantifying uncertainties in ocean carbon flux for policy and regulatory support.
• Providing finer-scale regional carbon information for management activities.

Strengths

• Produced by NASA's Carbon Monitoring System, an authoritative source for climate data.
• Integrates a full range of NASA satellite observations and modeling capabilities.
• Last updated on March 13, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Likely generated from satellite observations and modeling/analysis capabilities.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 09:56:16.348627

Geography

Global emphasis with finer-scale regional information.