NOAA_NCEI provides surface underway measurements of fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2), sea surface salinity, and temperature collected during six NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson cruises in 2020. The data covers the North Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean from February to October 2020. This effort supports the coastal monitoring and research objectives of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on fugacity of carbon dioxide (fCO2) measurements.
- Analyzing sea surface temperature and salinity gradients across the North Pacific and Arctic Ocean regions.
- Monitoring coastal ocean acidification trends based on time-series underway observations.
- Correlating physical oceanographic parameters with carbon dioxide partial pressure for climate studies.
Strengths
- Data collection spans multiple distinct oceanographic regions including the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea.
- Time series covers six distinct research cruises from February to October 2020.
- Measurements are part of a defined NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) monitoring objective.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2020-10-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using shower head equilibrator, carbon dioxide gas detector and other instruments from the NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson.
- Time Range
- 2020-02-12 to 2020-10-05
- Freshness
- Last updated 2020-10-05 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean