NODC Accession 0113610 includes chemical, physical, and profile data collected from the Hudson research vessel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean from June 22 to July 9, 1998. The data set likely contains measurements for dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, and temperature. These data were collected by Peter E. Jones of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography as part of the CARINA synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) tracer distributions for ocean circulation studies.
- Studying nutrient cycles (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in relation to biological productivity.
- Investigating the internal consistency of subsurface carbon system measurements across the Atlantic Ocean.
Strengths
- Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, aimed at producing an internally consistent merged data set.
- Includes multiple key variables for carbon system studies, such as dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and CFCs.
- Provides a specific temporal snapshot from a defined research cruise (WOCE_AR01_(AR07)) in 1998.
Limitations
- Last updated 1998-07-09 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 (National Centers for Environmental Information)
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments from discrete sample and profile observations.
- Time Range
- 1998-06-22 to 1998-07-09
- Geography
- Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean