CARINA: North Atlantic Ocean Carbon and Chemistry Profiles from 1990

North Atlantic Ocean chemical and physical data collected from the R/V DARVIN between May 28 and June 15, 1990. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, oxygen, nutrients, salinity, and temperature from discrete bottle samples and CTD profiles. It was collected by Andrew J. Watson of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory as part of the CARINA international synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon measurements
• Analyzing nutrient distributions and their relationship to biological activity based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data
• Studying water mass properties and circulation using concurrent salinity and temperature profiles
• Investigating ocean deoxygenation trends based on historical dissolved oxygen measurements

Strengths

• Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which produced a merged internally consistent dataset
• Includes multiple core biogeochemical variables measured concurrently
• Specific temporal coverage from 1990-05-28 to 1990-06-15

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is from a single cruise in 1990; temporal and geographic scope is limited

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments during cruise CARINA/74AB19900528

Time Range

1990-05 28 to 1990-06-15

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 22:34:55.601915; freshness should be verified

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean