GO-SHIP AR07W: Ocean Carbon and Water Chemistry Profiles in the North Atlantic, 2016

2016 data from the R/V Hudson cruise captures dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and chlorofluorocarbons in the North Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea. The dataset includes discrete sample and profile measurements of temperature, salinity, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, pH, and sulfur hexafluoride collected from April 30 to May 15, 2016. It was contributed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and pH measurements.
• Tracing water mass age and circulation patterns based on chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-12) and sulfur hexafluoride data.
• Assessing marine biogeochemical cycles based on nutrient and dissolved oxygen profiles.
• Calibrating and validating oceanographic models based on concurrent temperature and salinity profiles.

Strengths

• Includes multiple co-located chemical and physical variables for integrated analysis.
• Covers a specific, well-documented research cruise (GO-SHIP AR07W) with a known time range (2016-04-30 to 2016-05 15).
• Originates from the authoritative National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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 and temporal bias inherent to a single cruise.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations collected during the R/V Hudson GO-SHIP AR07W cruise.

Time Range

2016-04-30 to 2016-05-15

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:18:04.877181; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean and Labrador Sea