SOCCOM float deployment expedition NBP15_11 collected discrete bottle measurements of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, Total Alkalinity, pH, temperature, salinity, oxygen, and nutrients in the Southern Ocean from 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-02. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this dataset, which is part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative supported by NSF Cooperative Support Agreement OCE-1026342.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on Dissolved Inorganic Carbon and Total Alkalinity measurements
- Analyzing seasonal biogeochemical cycles in the Southern Ocean based on nutrient and oxygen data
- Calibrating autonomous sensor data (e.g., Argo floats) based on discrete bottle measurements
- Studying the relationship between physical oceanography (temperature, salinity) and chemical parameters
Strengths
- Data covers a specific expedition (NBP15_11) with a defined time range from 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-02
- Includes multiple core oceanographic parameters (DIC, alkalinity, pH, nutrients, oxygen, temperature, salinity)
- Supported by a documented NSF grant (OCE-1026342) and part of the SOCCOM project
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 geographic/temporal bias inherent to a single Southern Ocean cruise
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete bottle measurements collected during a research vessel cruise
- Time Range
- 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-02
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:54:54.150502; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Southern Ocean