Coastal FerryBox Carbon System Measurements in the English Channel

Surface underway measurements from the vessel ARMORIQUE include dissolved inorganic carbon, carbon dioxide fugacity, total alkalinity, and salinity. Data were collected in the English Channel between April 25, 2012, and January 3, 2013, using a carbon dioxide gas analyzer. The dataset was produced by researchers from the Roscoff Biological Station and CNRS under cruise ID 35AQ20120425.

Use Cases

• Monitoring ocean acidification trends based on pCO2 and DIC measurements.
• Calibrating regional carbon models using surface underway alkalinity and salinity data.
• Studying seasonal carbon dynamics in coastal shelf seas from time-series observations.

Strengths

• Provides four key carbonate system parameters (DIC, pCO2/fugacity, TA, salinity) for a coherent analysis.
• Covers a defined 8-month time series from a specific research cruise (35AQ20120425).
• Collected using standardized instrumentation (CO2 gas analyzer).

Limitations

• Specific row count, file size, and column details are unavailable from all sources.
• Metadata on license and precise authorship is inconsistent or missing across platforms.
• The dataset's spatial coverage is limited to the English Channel ferry route.

Provenance

Source

Roscoff Biological Station and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Collection Method

Surface underway observations collected from the vessel ARMORIQUE using a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer.

Time Range

2012-04-25 to 2013-01-03

Freshness

Last updated March 5, 2026, on Data.gov, but the data collection ended in 2013.

Geography

English Channel