NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada collected surface underway measurements of fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2), sea surface salinity, and sea surface temperature during six cruises from June to September 2019. This dataset supports the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program. The data covers the continental shelf of the US West Coast.
Use Cases
- Monitor ocean acidification trends based on fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2) measurements.
- Analyze correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide levels.
- Study coastal biogeochemical processes based on sea surface salinity and other parameters.
- Validate regional ocean carbon models using in-situ surface underway observations.
Strengths
- Data collected from six distinct NOAA cruises (SH1906_L1, SH1906_L2, SH1906_L3, SH106_L4, SH1907, SH1908) over a specific time period.
- Focuses on key ocean acidification variables: fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2), sea surface salinity, and sea surface temperature.
- Geographically specific, covering the continental shelf of the US West Coast.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2019-09-29; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using shower head equilibrator, carbon dioxide gas detector and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 2019-06-17 to 2019-09-29
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-09-29 00:00:00
- Geography
- Continental shelf of the US West Coast