Salish Sea marine waters in Washington State were sampled during a 2010 cruise aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Forty-one time-series stations provided discrete profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, nutrients, temperature, salinity, and oxygen. The University of Washington Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM) program conducted this effort to support coastal monitoring and ocean acidification research.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean acidification impacts based on dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity measurements
- Analyzing vertical water column profiles based on CTD cast data for temperature, salinity, and oxygen
- Studying nutrient cycling in coastal ecosystems based on nitrate, nitrite, and ammonium concentrations
- Creating synoptic snapshots of marine biogeochemical conditions based on data from 41 stations
Strengths
- Data from 41 stations provides spatial coverage across the Salish Sea
- Conforms to climate-quality monitoring guidelines of the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network
- Includes both sensor (CTD) and laboratory (DIC, nutrients) measurements
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete water samples collected in Niskin bottles and CTD casts, with laboratory analyses.
- Time Range
- 2010-10-31 to 2010-11-03
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:56:12.732128; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Salish Sea, Washington State marine waters