CARINA (CARbon dioxide IN the Atlantic Ocean) project data includes chemical and physical measurements from the North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea. Collected aboard the HAKON MOSBY from February to March 1995, these data include dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, chlorofluorocarbons, and nutrients. The data were gathered by researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and the University of Bergen.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon and alkalinity measurements.
- Analyzing historical chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) concentrations as ocean tracers.
- Studying nutrient distributions (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in Arctic waters.
- Calibrating biogeochemical models using concurrent temperature, salinity, and oxygen profiles.
Strengths
- Data is part of the CARINA synthesis project, an international effort to produce an internally consistent data set for biogeochemical investigations.
- Includes multiple key variables for carbon system studies, such as dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity, and three types of chlorofluorocarbons.
- Profile and discrete sample data collected using CTD and bottle instruments provide depth-resolved measurements.
Limitations
- Last updated 1995-03-18 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.
- Time Range
- 1995-02-17 to 1995-03-18
- Geography
- North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea