Surface underway measurements of carbon dioxide partial pressure and related variables collected aboard NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA during four cruises in 2006. The data include atmospheric and seawater carbon dioxide levels, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. Richard A. Feely and Catherine E. Cosca of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory collected the data.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange based on partial pressure differences.
- Analyzing ocean acidification trends based on seawater carbon dioxide measurements.
- Studying the relationship between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility.
- Validating satellite-derived ocean carbon data with in-situ surface measurements.
Strengths
- Data collected over a defined period from 2006-01-13 to 2006-08-01.
- Includes multiple related variables: carbon dioxide partial pressure (air and water), salinity, temperature, and barometric pressure.
- Collected by named principal investigators from a recognized oceanographic laboratory.
Limitations
- Row count and file size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2006-08-01; freshness should be verified for contemporary studies.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using barometric pressure sensors, carbon dioxide gas analyzers, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2006-01-13 to 2006-08-01
- Freshness
- Last updated 2006-08-01 00:00:00.
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean