Chemical and physical profile data collected from the MIRAI research vessel in the North and South Pacific Ocean during October-November 1999. The data include dissolved inorganic carbon, hydrostatic pressure, potential temperature, salinity, and water temperature. These measurements were taken by Kentaro Ando of JAMSTEC and Masao Ishii of the Meteorological Research Institute as part of the PACIFICA international collaborative project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake and storage based on dissolved inorganic carbon measurements.
- Analyzing temperature-salinity relationships in the Pacific Ocean based on CTD profile data.
- Studying temporal changes in ocean hydrostatic pressure and potential temperature.
- Calibrating broader ocean carbon datasets using discrete sample measurements from a specific cruise.
Strengths
- Data originates from a specific research cruise (MR99-K06 / PACIFICA_49NZ19991013) with known collection dates.
- Includes multiple key oceanographic variables (DIC, salinity, temperature, pressure) for integrated analysis.
- Project was supported by an international scientific organization (PICES, Section of Carbon and Climate).
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 1999; temporal and spatial coverage is limited.
Provenance
- Source
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Meteorological Research Institute, via NOAA.
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement, and bottle.
- Time Range
- 1999-10-13 to 1999-11-20
- Freshness
- Metadata last updated 2026-03-05 22:35:04.673208; data collection occurred in 1999.
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean