CARINA: Atlantic Ocean Carbon and Hydrographic Profile Data

NODC Accession 0113539 contains chemical, physical, and profile data from the CARINA/33LK19960415 cruise aboard the EDWIN LINK. The dataset includes measurements of dissolved inorganic carbon, chlorofluorocarbons, oxygen, nutrients, and hydrographic variables collected via CTD and bottle casts. It is part of the CARINA synthesis project for biogeochemical investigations of the Atlantic Ocean's carbon system.

Use Cases

• Analyzing ocean carbon uptake and acidification based on dissolved inorganic carbon and pCO2 measurements.
• Tracing water mass age and circulation using CFC-11 and CFC-12 concentrations.
• Investigating nutrient cycling and primary production from nitrate, phosphate, and silicate profiles.
• Calibrating and validating ocean biogeochemical models with internally consistent hydrographic data.

Strengths

• Includes a specific suite of 14 biogeochemical variables relevant for carbon system studies.
• Data is part of the CARINA project, an international effort to produce a merged, internally consistent dataset.
• Covers a defined cruise period from 1996-04-15 to 1996-05-16 in the North and South Atlantic.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and license are not provided by any source.
• Conflicting author affiliations exist between sources (e.g., CSIRO vs. IRD Centre de Cayenne).
• Dataset scale and completeness are unknown due to missing size and row information.

Provenance

Source

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and ORSTOM/IRD, collected during cruise CARINA/33LK19960415.

Collection Method

Discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.

Time Range

1996-04-15 to 1996-05-16

Freshness

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Geography

North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean