North Atlantic Ocean Carbon Chemistry and Hydrographic Profiles from 1992

North Atlantic Ocean data collected from the R/V METEOR between May 9 and June 2, 1992. The dataset includes dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, and temperature from discrete bottle samples and CTD profiles. It was collected by researchers from the University of Hamburg as part of the CARINA synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
• Analyzing nutrient distributions and their relationship to hydrographic conditions based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data.
• Calibrating and validating biogeochemical ocean models based on the internally consistent, merged CARINA dataset.
• Investigating water mass properties and circulation using potential temperature and salinity profiles.

Strengths

• Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which produced an internally consistent merged dataset.
• Includes multiple key biogeochemical variables (e.g., carbon system, nutrients, oxygen) from a single research cruise.
• Covers a specific temporal (1992-05-09 to 1992-06-02) and geographic (North Atlantic Ocean) window.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments during cruise 06MT19920509.

Time Range

1992-05-09 to 1992-06-02

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 05 23:19:54.779578; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean