Dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, water temperature, salinity and other variab

Aegean and Mediterranean Sea data from R/V Meteor cruise 06MT512 between October 18 and November 11, 2001. The dataset includes discrete sample and profile measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorofluorocarbons, helium, neon, and nutrients. Data were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration using CTD and Niskin bottles.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean acidification dynamics based on dissolved inorganic carbon and total alkalinity measurements.
• Studying water mass age and circulation using tracer data like chlorofluorocarbons, helium, and tritium.
• Analyzing nutrient cycles and primary production based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate concentrations.
• Calibrating and validating regional oceanographic models based on CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and oxygen profiles.

Strengths

• Includes multiple key variables for carbon cycle and water mass studies, such as DIC, TA, CFCs, and nutrients.
• Data collection is temporally and spatially focused on a specific research cruise in the Aegean and Mediterranean Sea over a 25-day period in 2001.
• Instruments used are standard for oceanography, including CTD and Niskin bottles, suggesting a structured sampling methodology.

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 statistical modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single cruise in a specific season.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations collected from CTD and Niskin bottles during a research cruise.

Time Range

2001-10 18 to 2001-11-11

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:21:59.421764; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea