CARINA project data collected from the HAAKON MOSBY vessel in the Barents and Norwegian Seas during a 2001 cruise includes dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and temperature profiles. Abdirahman M. Omar and Ragnheid Skogseth of the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research gathered these measurements using CTD and bottle instruments. The dataset is part of an international synthesis effort for biogeochemical investigations of the ocean carbon system.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements
- Analyzing water column properties using CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles
- Investigating dissolved oxygen distribution for marine ecosystem studies
- Calibrating regional carbon system models using discrete sample data from a specific cruise
Strengths
- Data collected during a specific cruise (CARINA/58AA20010822) from 2001-08-22 to 2001-08-29
- Includes multiple key oceanographic variables: alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, and pressure
- 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 geographic bias inherent to a single cruise in the Barents and Norwegian Seas
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments
- Time Range
- 2001-08-22 to 2001-08-29
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:55:01.722519; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea