July 20 to August 22, 1996, chemical and physical oceanographic data were collected from the JAMES CLARK ROSS vessel in the North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, and other variables, collected via CTD and bottle instruments by researchers from CSIRO, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, and the University of Bergen. It was produced as part of the CARINA (CARbon dioxide IN the Atlantic Ocean) international synthesis project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer distributions.
- Studying nutrient cycles in the North Atlantic using nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data.
- Investigating water column structure and properties using CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific cruise from July 20 to August 22, 1996, providing a focused temporal snapshot.
- Includes 15 measured variables, such as dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and multiple chlorofluorocarbons.
- Data is part of the CARINA project, an international effort to create an internally consistent data set for biogeochemical investigations.
Limitations
- Last updated 1996-08-22 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
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.
- Time Range
- 1996-07-20 to 1996-08-22
- Geography
- North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea