PACIFICA (PACIFic ocean Interior CArbon) project data collected from the WAKATAKA MARU in the North Pacific Ocean from September 5 to 18, 2003. Tsuneo Ono of the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science collected these discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and Coulometer instruments. The data include dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, salinity, and water temperature.
Use Cases
- Modeling dissolved inorganic carbon transport based on CTD profile data.
- Analyzing nutrient correlations based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate concentrations.
- Studying ocean interior carbon variability based on hydrostatic pressure and temperature profiles.
Strengths
- Data collected during a specific cruise (PACIFICA_49WA20030905) from September 5-18, 2003.
- Includes multiple key oceanographic parameters: dissolved inorganic carbon, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, salinity, and temperature.
- Part of an international collaborative project (PACIFICA) supported by PICES.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single cruise in the North Pacific.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD, Coulometer for DIC measurement, and bottle.
- Time Range
- 2003-09-05 to 2003-09-18
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:31:15.296001; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean