NOAA_NCEI Accession 0121284 contains oceanographic data collected aboard the R/V HERMANO GINES in the Caribbean Sea and the continental shelf of Venezuela. The data were collected in support of the Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project. The time range for this data collection is from 2012-11-08 to 2014-02-04.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon flux and retention dynamics (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Analyzing time-series relationships between physical, chemical, and biological ocean parameters (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Calibrating satellite-derived ocean color data with in-situ measurements (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
- Data collection is associated with the long-term CARIACO time-series project.
- Covers a specific geographic region (Caribbean Sea, Venezuela shelf) and time period (2012-11-08 to 2014-02-04).
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2014-02-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Collected from CTD and bottle casts aboard the R/V HERMANO GINES.
- Time Range
- 2012-11-08 to 2014-02-04
- Freshness
- Last updated 2014-02-04 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea and continental shelf of Venezuela