North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea data collected from the HUDSON research vessel between 1982-02-28 and 1982-04-04. These data include dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, temperature, and salinity from CTD and bottle samples. The data were collected by researchers from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Scripps Institution of Oceanography as part of the CARINA synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations.
Use Cases
- Calibrating ocean carbon cycle models based on dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity measurements.
- Studying historical ocean ventilation and water mass age using CFC-11 and CFC-12 tracer data.
- Analyzing nutrient distributions (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in the North Atlantic Ocean.
- Investigating relationships between physical oceanography (temperature, salinity, pressure) and biogeochemical parameters.
Strengths
- Data span a focused 36-day research cruise in the North Atlantic, North Greenland, and Norwegian Seas.
- Includes multiple key variables for carbon system studies: DIC, TA, CFCs, oxygen, and nutrients.
- Part of the CARINA international synthesis project, suggesting internal consistency checks.
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 temporal bias inherent to a single cruise in 1982.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, bottle and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 1982-02-28 to 1982-04-04
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-06 00:13:11.584206; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea