Discrete sample and profile data collected from the Hudson vessel in the Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean between May 12 and June 1, 1996. The data includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, nutrients, and other oceanographic variables. These observations were collected by Peter E. Jones of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) distributions as tracers for ocean circulation.
- Studying nutrient cycles and their relationship to carbon chemistry using nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data.
- Calibrating and validating ocean biogeochemical models using in-situ hydrographic profile data.
Strengths
- Data is part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), a major international climate research program.
- Includes multiple key variables for carbon cycle studies, such as DIC, TA, CFCs, and nutrients.
- Provides profile data from specific geographic regions (Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean) during a defined period.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1996-06-01; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments during cruise WOCE_AR07_1996.
- Time Range
- 1996-05-12 to 1996-06-01
- Geography
- Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean