Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea surface data collected from Drifting Buoy platforms between 2001-11-20 and 2007-05-08. The dataset includes measurements of air temperature, barometric pressure, fluorescence, partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and wind speed. Data were collected by researchers from Universite Pierre et Marie Curie using instruments like CO2 gas analyzers and thermosalinographs as part of the CARIOCA_Drifters project.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity.
- Studying marine primary productivity patterns using fluorescence data.
- Investigating wind speed's influence on surface ocean gas transfer velocity.
- Calibrating satellite-derived salinity or temperature products with in-situ measurements.
Strengths
- Multi-year time series spanning from 2001-11-20 to 2007-05-08.
- Includes seven key environmental variables: AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, FLUORESCENCE, Partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, and WIND SPEED.
- Data collected across four major ocean basins: Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2007-05-08 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI (NODC Accession 0117495), collected by Jacqueline Boutin and L. Merlivat of Universite Pierre et Marie Curie.
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations from Drifting Buoys using Barometric pressure sensors, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzers, Micro-porous membrane equilibrators, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2001-11-20 to 2007-05-08
- Freshness
- 2007-05-08 00:00:00
- Geography
- Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea