PACIFICA_49SO19980414 data set includes chemical and physical profile data collected from the Soyo Maru in the North Pacific Ocean from April 14 to 29, 1998. The data were collected by Tsuneo Ono and Katsuyuki Sasaki of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science. It contains measurements for dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, nutrients, salinity, and temperature.
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 cycles (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in the North Pacific Ocean.
- Calibrating oceanographic models using concurrent temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 15-day cruise in April 1998, providing a temporal snapshot.
- Includes multiple related chemical and physical parameters measured concurrently.
- Data were collected as part of an international collaborative project (PACIFICA).
Limitations
- Last updated 1998-04-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement, and bottle.
- Time Range
- 1998-04-14 to 1998-04-29
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean