Dissolved inorganic carbon, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from discr

From July 14 to 29, 1990, this dataset contains chemical and physical profile data collected from the R/V Tyro in the North Atlantic Ocean during cruise CARINA/64TR19900714. It includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, salinity, and temperature. The data were collected by Hendrik M. van Aken and Michel Stoll of NIOZ using CTD and bottle instruments as part of the international CARINA synthesis project.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on dissolved inorganic carbon measurements.
• Studying nutrient cycling in the North Atlantic based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data.
• Analyzing water mass properties and circulation based on salinity and potential temperature profiles.
• Calibrating biogeochemical models using internally consistent data from the CARINA synthesis project.

Strengths

• Includes 11 key oceanographic variables, including dissolved inorganic carbon and multiple nutrients.
• Data is part of the CARINA project, which produced a merged, internally consistent dataset for biogeochemical investigations.
• Specific temporal coverage from July 14 to 29, 1990, and geographic coverage in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single two-week cruise in 1990.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.

Time Range

1990-07-14 to 1990-07-29

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:21:46.131188; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean