Niskin bottle samples collected aboard the Hermano Gines provide microbiological and geochemical data for the Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project. Measurements were taken in the Caribbean Sea from November 2011 to May 2014. The data is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal trends in geochemical parameters like dissolved inorganic carbon across the 2011-2014 sampling period.
- Correlate microbiological measurements with concurrent geochemical data to model carbon retention dynamics.
- Validate satellite-derived ocean color data with in-situ geochemical measurements from the CARIACO time series.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a multi-year period from 2011 to 2014.
- Samples are from a specific, well-studied oceanographic time-series station.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown.
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update recorded in 2013.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
- Collection Method
- Data collected using Niskin bottles during research cruises.
- Time Range
- 2011-11-10 to 2014-05-14.
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Caribbean Sea, from the Hermano Gines vessel.