From February 28 to April 4, 1982, chemical and physical oceanographic data were collected from the Hudson research vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, and other variables. It was collected by researchers from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Scripps Institution of Oceanography as part of the CARINA synthesis project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon distributions based on CFC-11 and CFC-12 data.
- Studying water column biogeochemistry based on nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and dissolved oxygen profiles.
- Investigating ocean circulation and mixing using potential temperature and salinity data.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a specific cruise from February 28 to April 4, 1982.
- Includes multiple key biogeochemical variables such as dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and chlorofluorocarbons.
- Part of the CARINA international synthesis project, suggesting efforts toward data consistency.
Limitations
- Last updated 1982-04-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments from discrete sample and profile observations.
- Time Range
- 1982-02-28 to 1982-04-04
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea