CARINA: Ocean Carbon Chemistry Profiles from the Barents and Norwegian Seas, 1999

Chemical and physical oceanographic data were collected from the HAAKON MOSBY research vessel during a 9-day cruise in October 1999. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, nutrients, temperature, and salinity from the Barents Sea, North Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea. These data were collected by researchers from the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and the University of Bergen as part of the CARINA data synthesis project.

Use Cases

• Calibrating ocean carbon system models based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
• Analyzing nutrient distributions (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) for biogeochemical studies.
• Studying water mass properties and circulation using concurrent temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.

Strengths

• Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which aims for internal consistency.
• Includes multiple core variables for carbon system studies measured concurrently.
• Specific temporal coverage from 1999-10-03 to 1999-10-11 and geographic coverage of three Arctic seas.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single, short 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

1999-10-03 to 1999-10-11

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:18:26.758382; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Barents Sea, North Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea