Atlantic Ocean Surface Carbon Dioxide and Meteorological Measurements

NCEI Accession 0160552 contains surface underway data from the RRS JAMES COOK research vessel cruise 740H20121011 across the North and South Atlantic Ocean. It includes measurements of atmospheric and aquatic carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure collected between October and November 2012. The data were collected by researchers from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory using barometric pressure sensors and CO2 gas analyzers.

Use Cases

• Calculating air-sea CO2 flux based on partial pressure measurements in water and atmosphere.
• Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility across Atlantic transects.
• Validating satellite-derived salinity or sea surface temperature products with in-situ underway observations.
• Studying seasonal or spatial variability of surface ocean carbon parameters during a fall cruise.

Strengths

• Data originates from a recognized research institution (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) and a documented research cruise.
• Covers a specific, well-defined temporal range from 2012-10-11 to 2012-11-20.
• Includes directly measured, concurrent physical and chemical variables relevant for flux calculations.

Limitations

• Column names and exact data structure are unknown across all platform listings.
• Conflicting 'last updated' metadata (2012-11-20 vs. 2026-03-05) suggests potential versioning or replication issues.
• Dataset size, row count, and license information are not provided in any source.

Provenance

Source

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Dr. Vassilis Kitidis, Mr. Ian Brown)

Collection Method

Surface underway observations from RRS JAMES COOK using barometric pressure sensor and Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer.

Time Range

2012-10-11 to 2012-11-20

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:26:59.396527

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean