NODC Accession 0112350 contains chemical, physical, and profile data collected from the MIRAI research vessel in the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea from September 11 to October 5, 1999. The data includes dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and salinity. These measurements were collected by researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology as part of the PACIFICA international ocean carbon synthesis project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing nutrient cycling and primary productivity based on nitrate, phosphate, silicate, and ammonium data.
- Studying physical oceanographic properties and water mass structure based on temperature, salinity, and hydrostatic pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 25-day research cruise in the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea.
- Includes multiple related chemical and physical parameters for integrated analysis.
- Data is part of the PACIFICA international synthesis project for Pacific Ocean interior carbon.
Limitations
- Last updated 1999-10-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (Jamstec)
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement, and bottle.
- Time Range
- 1999-09-11 to 1999-10-05
- Geography
- Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea