WOCE P13N: Ocean Carbon and Hydrographic Data from the Bering and Pacific Oceans, 1992

The Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean are covered by this dataset of discrete water sample and profile measurements. It includes dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, stable isotopes, and other hydrographic variables collected during a 1992 research cruise. The data were collected by Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE).

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon storage and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
• Tracing ocean circulation and water mass age using chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113) and tritium data.
• Studying marine nutrient cycles based on nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate concentrations.
• Calibrating and validating global ocean biogeochemical models using a suite of co-located physical and chemical variables.

Strengths

• Includes over 20 co-located chemical, physical, and isotopic variables per sampling station.
• Data collection is part of the major, internationally coordinated World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE).
• Principal investigators are from a leading oceanographic institution (Scripps Institution of Oceanography).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single cruise in 1992, representing a specific temporal snapshot.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete samples and profiles collected using CTD and bottle instruments aboard the R/V John V. Vickers.

Time Range

1992-08-16 to 1992-10-21

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:36:44.395331; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean