CARINA/06MT19970707 data includes chemical and physical measurements collected from the METEOR research vessel in the Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean between July and August 1997. The dataset contains discrete sample and profile observations for dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, nutrients, and temperature. Data were collected by researchers from Marianda Marine Analytics and Data, the Institute of Marine Research, and others as part of the CARINA and WOCE AR05/AR07W projects.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-11, CFC-12) distributions as ocean tracers.
- Studying nutrient cycling (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in North Atlantic waters.
- Investigating water column properties using CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data is part of the CARINA synthesis project, an international effort to produce an internally consistent data set for biogeochemical investigations.
- Includes multiple critical variables for carbon system studies, such as alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, and chlorofluorocarbons.
- Coverage spans specific regions (Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean) during a defined cruise period.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1997-08-09 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments during a research cruise.
- Time Range
- 1997-07-07 to 1997-08-09
- Geography
- Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean