CARINA/32H120020718 includes biological, chemical, and physical data collected from the HEALY vessel in the Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, and Bering Sea from 2002-07-18 to 2002-08-21. Nicholas Bates of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier of Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and Lee W. Cooper of University of Maryland collected the data using CTD and bottle instruments. The dataset is part of the CARINA synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations, particularly studies involving the carbon system.
Use Cases
- Modeling dissolved inorganic carbon dynamics based on DIC and alkalinity measurements
- Analyzing nutrient cycling based on nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, phosphate, and silicate data
- Studying organic matter distribution based on dissolved and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen
- Investigating water column properties based on temperature, salinity, and hydrostatic pressure profiles
- Calibrating ocean carbon models based on the CARINA project's internally consistent merged dataset
Strengths
- Data covers a specific cruise from July 18 to August 21, 2002
- Includes over 20 measured variables spanning biological, chemical, and physical oceanography
- Part of the CARINA international synthesis project aiming for internal consistency
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single cruise in the Arctic region
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Data collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments
- Time Range
- 2002-07-18 to 2002-08-21
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:54:28.062901; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea