Chemical, physical, and profile data collected from the LOUIS S. ST. LAURENT in the Beaufort Sea and Northwest Passage from 1997-08-31 to 1997-09-16. The data include ALKALINITY, DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON, chlorofluorocarbons, salinity, and temperature, collected using CTD and bottle instruments. The dataset was contributed by researchers from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Oregon State University as part of the CARINA synthesis project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Tracking historical chlorofluorocarbon concentrations for ocean tracer studies.
- Analyzing water column properties based on CTD-derived salinity, temperature, and pressure profiles.
- Investigating Arctic Ocean biogeochemical processes using the synthesized CARINA dataset.
Strengths
- Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, aiming for internal consistency.
- Includes multiple key chemical variables (ALKALINITY, DIC, CFCs) for carbon system studies.
- Specific cruise and vessel (LOUIS S. ST. LAURENT, CARINA/18SN19970831) are documented.
- Contributing scientists and institutions are explicitly named in the description.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single cruise in 1997.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, bottle and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 1997-08-31 to 1997-09-16
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:41:41.374132; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Beaufort Sea and Northwest Passage