NCEI Accession 0080968 includes surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data collected from the CONTSHIP WASHINGTON vessel in the North and South Pacific Ocean between September 22 and November 10, 2007. The data were collected by Richard A. Feely and Christopher Sabine of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory as part of the Albert Rickmers Underway Data set. Measurements include partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure differences mentioned in the description.
- Analyzing temporal trends in surface ocean carbon chemistry during a trans-Pacific voyage.
- Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature and salinity products with in-situ measurements.
- Studying the relationship between barometric pressure and oceanic carbon parameters.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a specific 50-day period from September to November 2007.
- Includes multiple concurrent measurements: carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, temperature, and barometric pressure.
- Data is associated with specific research cruise IDs AR2007_09 and AR2007_10.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2007-11-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2007-09-22 to 2007-11-10
- Freshness
- 2007-11-10 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean