CARINA Project: Arctic Ocean Carbon Chemistry Profiles from Baffin Bay, 1999

CARINA/18RD19990827 is a dataset of chemical, physical, and profile data collected during a 1999 research cruise in the Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. It includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, salinity, temperature, and particulate organic matter. The data were collected by researchers from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Laval University, and the University of Georgia using CTD and bottle instruments.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
• Studying biogeochemical relationships in Arctic waters based on particulate organic carbon and nitrogen data.
• Analyzing water column structure and properties based on CTD-derived salinity, temperature, and pressure profiles.
• Investigating the distribution of total organic carbon in polar marine environments.

Strengths

• Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which produced a merged, internally consistent dataset for biogeochemical investigations.
• Includes multiple core variables for carbon system studies: ALKALINITY, DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON, and TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON.
• Collected by recognized institutions including the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Laval University.

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 1999; temporal and geographic scope is limited.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, bottle and other instruments from the research vessel PIERRE RADISSON.

Time Range

1999-08 27 to 1999-10-10

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 22:45:13.931382; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Baffin Bay and Davis Strait