From August 18 to 22, 2020, discrete water profile measurements were collected during the R/V F. G. Walton Smith cruise WS20231 in the Southeast U.S. Shelf, Gulf of Mexico. The data includes dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH, ammonia, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients from 34 stations. These measurements were collected for the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program to monitor the outflow of the Shark River Slough and red tide effects.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal ocean acidification processes based on dissolved inorganic carbon and pH measurements.
- Analyzing the influence of riverine outflow on coastal carbon chemistry based on data from 34 monitoring stations.
- Studying nutrient dynamics and their relationship with acidification parameters like total alkalinity.
- Monitoring temporal changes in water quality parameters such as temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 5-day cruise from August 18 to 22, 2020, providing a focused temporal snapshot.
- Includes multiple key ocean acidification variables: dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, and pH on the total scale.
- Samples were collected from 34 stations on a bi-monthly basis for monitoring purposes.
- Data is associated with a specific research program (NOAA OAP) and analyzed by a known laboratory (AOML).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2020-08-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for current research.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Discrete profile measurements from water samples collected during a research cruise.
- Time Range
- 2020-08-18 to 2020-08-22
- Freshness
- 2020-08-22 00:00:00
- Geography
- Southeast U.S. Shelf, Gulf of Mexico