NOAA's OMEX II database contains measurements and models of biogeochemical processes and fluxes across the European shelf break in the North Atlantic. The dataset focuses on the upwelling region of the Iberian margin from 1997 to 2000, organized into five thematic work packages. It was collected by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information to support predictive modeling of global environmental change.
Use Cases
- Model temporal evolution of surface organic matter production using time-series data from work package I.
- Analyze spatial and seasonal fluxes in the water column by integrating data features from work package II.
- Study carbon and nutrient fluxes within nepheloid layers and surface sediments using measurements from work package III.
- Develop integrated margin-exchange models by synthesizing data products from work package IV.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a multi-year period from 1997 to 2000.
- Structured into five distinct work packages covering specific biogeochemical processes.
- Focuses on a defined geographic region: the narrow Iberian margin upwelling system.
Limitations
- Specific sample sizes, row counts, and column details are unknown.
- Data is temporally stale, with the last recorded update in October 1999.
- Potential geographic bias as data is confined to the Iberian margin region.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0000560).
- Collection Method
- Field measurements and modeling from the Ocean Margin EXchange II project.
- Time Range
- 1997 to 2000.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Upwelling region of the narrow Iberian margin, European shelf break facing the North Atlantic Ocean.