October 20 to November 15, 1981, saw the collection of discrete profile data during the R/V Jean Charcot MEDIPROD_IV cruise in the Western Mediterranean Sea. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients. NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archives this data.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing water mass mixing and circulation based on temperature and salinity profiles.
- Studying marine primary productivity based on nutrient (silicate, nitrate+nitrite, phosphate) concentrations.
- Investigating oxygen dynamics and hypoxic zones based on dissolved oxygen measurements.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 27-day research cruise (1981-10-20 to 1981-11-15) with a clear geographic focus on the Western Mediterranean Sea.
- Includes multiple key oceanographic variables: dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and three nutrient species.
Limitations
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1981-11-15 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for contemporary applications.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI via nasa_earthdata
- Collection Method
- Discrete samples and profile observations collected during the R/V Jean Charcot research cruise.
- Time Range
- 1981-10-20 to 1981-11-15
- Freshness
- 1981-11-15 00:00:00
- Geography
- Western Mediterranean Sea