Surface underway measurements of mole fraction and fugacity of carbon dioxide, alongside water temperature and salinity, collected during Ship of Opportunity cruises. The data were gathered by NOAA NCEI from voyages spanning the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea between January 2010 and January 2011. This dataset provides in-situ observations for tracking oceanic carbon uptake and sea-air gas exchange.
Use Cases
- Modeling oceanic carbon dioxide uptake based on fugacity of CO2 in seawater.
- Analyzing sea-air gas exchange dynamics based on sea water fCO2 minus interpolated air fCO2.
- Studying regional variations in marine carbonate chemistry based on sea surface salinity and temperature.
- Calibrating satellite-derived ocean carbon data based on surface underway mole fraction measurements.
Strengths
- Data collection covers a wide geographic area including the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
- Measurements include multiple related variables such as CO2 mole fraction, fugacity, sea surface temperature, and salinity.
- The temporal coverage is precisely defined from 2010-01-30 to 2011-01-04.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2011-01-04 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway measurements collected during Ship of Opportunity (SOOP) M/V Las Cuevas cruises.
- Time Range
- 2010-01-30 to 2011-01-04
- Freshness
- Last updated 2011-01-04 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea