WOCE_P14N includes chemical, physical, and profile data collected from the THOMAS G. THOMPSON in the Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean, and South Pacific Ocean between 1993-07-05 and 1993-09-02. Christopher D. Winn of Hawaii Pacific University and Frank J. Millero of Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science collected these data as part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). The final WOCE collection covers approximately 23,000 stations from 94 cruises between 1990 and 1998.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and total alkalinity (TA) measurements.
- Analyzing ocean circulation patterns based on chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-11, CFC-12) tracer data.
- Studying nutrient dynamics in marine ecosystems based on nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate data.
- Calibrating ocean acidification models based on pH and alkalinity profiles.
- Investigating water column stratification based on CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure data.
Strengths
- Data is part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), a major international climate research program.
- Collection spans approximately 23,000 stations from 94 WOCE cruises conducted between 1990 and 1998.
- Includes multiple key variables for carbon cycle research: DIC, TA, CFCs, oxygen, and nutrients.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count for this specific cruise is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to a single cruise in 1993.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Data collected using CTD and bottle instruments from discrete sample and profile observations.
- Time Range
- 1993-07-05 to 1993-09-02
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:50:23.798189; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Bering Sea, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean