PACIFICA (PACIFic ocean Interior CArbon) project data includes dissolved inorganic carbon, oxygen, nutrients, temperature, and salinity collected from the Kaiyo research vessel. Measurements were taken in the North and South Pacific Ocean during January and February 1994 using CTD and bottle instruments. Ichio Asanuma of JAMSTEC and Masao Ishii of the Meteorological Research Institute collected this data.
Use Cases
- Modeling dissolved inorganic carbon transport based on DIC measurements
- Analyzing nutrient distributions based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate data
- Studying ocean temperature and salinity profiles based on CTD data
- Investigating ocean interior carbon variability for climate research based on the PACIFICA project parameters
Strengths
- Data covers a specific month-long cruise (1994-01-06 to 1994-02-05) in two ocean basins
- Includes multiple key oceanographic variables: DIC, oxygen, nutrients, temperature, and salinity
- Data originates from an international collaborative project (PACIFICA) supported by PICES
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last updated 1994-02-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Meteorological Research Institute
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement, and bottle
- Time Range
- 1994-01-06 to 1994-02-05
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean