NCEI Accession 0157314: Surface Ocean Carbon and Meteorological Measurements

NCEI Accession 0157314 contains surface underway measurements from the research vessel Benguela Stream across 12 ocean regions, including the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, from March 8, 2008, to January 1, 2009. The dataset includes chemical, meteorological, and physical variables such as the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, dissolved inorganic carbon, salinity, sea surface temperature, and wind speed, collected using a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer. These observations were collected by Ute Schuster of the University of Exeter as part of the VOS_Benguela_Stream_2008 project.

Use Cases

• Calculating air-sea CO2 flux based on partial pressure measurements.
• Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and dissolved inorganic carbon.
• Modeling ocean acidification trends using time-series carbon data.
• Studying regional meteorological influences on surface ocean chemistry using wind and barometric pressure data.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 10-month time series from 2008-03-08 to 2009-01 01.
• Includes multiple related variable types (chemical, meteorological, physical) for integrated analysis.
• Data is hosted on multiple authoritative platforms (Data.gov, NASA Earthdata), indicating curation and importance.

Limitations

• Column names and exact row counts are unknown across all sources, limiting precise structural understanding.
• Metadata conflicts exist: the last updated date is listed as both 2009-01-01 and 2026-03-05.
• Key metadata such as license, author details beyond the principal investigator, and file size are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Ute Schuster, University of Exeter; collected aboard the VOS Benguela Stream.

Collection Method

Surface underway observations using a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments.

Time Range

2008-03-08 to 2009-01-01

Freshness

2026-03 05 22:41:11.238559 (from Data.gov, though this may be a metadata refresh date)

Geography

Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, English Channel, Kattegat, The Sound, Great Belt, Little Belt, Labrador Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Skagerrak