CLIVAR 58GS: Ocean Carbon and Hydrographic Measurements from the Barents Sea, 2009

From May to August 2009, discrete water samples and profiles were collected from the G.O. SARS research vessel in the Barents Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and adjacent seas. The data include dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, nutrients, chlorophyll, and physical parameters like temperature and salinity. It was collected by researchers from the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and the University of Bergen as part of the CLIVAR and CARBOOCEAN programs.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
• Analyzing water mass circulation and ventilation timescales based on CFC-11, CFC-12, and SF6 tracer data.
• Studying marine primary productivity and nutrient cycles based on chlorophyll, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate concentrations.
• Calibrating and validating satellite-derived sea surface data using in-situ temperature and salinity profiles.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 2.5-month cruise in 2009, providing a temporal snapshot.
• Includes 16 distinct measured variables related to ocean carbon, nutrients, and physics.
• Collected as part of established international programs (CLIVAR, CARBOOCEAN).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single ship cruise.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.

Time Range

2009-05-28 to 2009-08-11

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-06 00:18:19.209565; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barents Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea