North Pacific Ocean Carbon and Acidification Measurements from R/V Ryofu Maru III, 2016

Discrete profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH, temperature, salinity, oxygen, and nutrients collected during the R/V Ryofu Maru III cruise rf201602. The data was gathered in the North Pacific Ocean from February 27 to March 24, 2016, and is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean acidification trends based on pH and dissolved inorganic carbon measurements.
• Studying carbon cycling and sequestration based on total alkalinity and DIC profiles.
• Analyzing water mass properties and biogeochemical processes based on concurrent temperature, salinity, oxygen, and nutrient data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple co-located chemical and physical parameters for integrated analysis.
• Covers a specific temporal range from 2016-02-27 to 2016-03 24.
• Data originates from a recognized research vessel cruise with a documented EXPOCODE (49UP20160227).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data format is listed as HTML, which may require parsing to extract structured data.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete samples and profile observations from the R/V Ryofu Maru III research cruise.

Time Range

2016-02-27 to 2016-03-24

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:30:40.068829; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean