Surface underway data collected from the S.A. AGULHAS II research vessel across the Gulf of Guinea, Indian Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean from 2014-12-05 to 2016-02-10. The dataset includes measurements of barometric pressure, partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, and salinity, gathered using barometric pressure sensors and carbon dioxide gas analyzers. Data were collected by researchers from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research as part of multiple cruise legs.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing spatial patterns of ocean carbon content based on surface underway salinity and CO2 data.
- Studying temporal trends in marine meteorology based on barometric pressure time series.
- Calibrating or validating ocean carbon cycle models based on in-situ CO2 fugacity measurements.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific time range from 2014-12-05 to 2016-02-10.
- Measurements span multiple ocean basins: Gulf of Guinea, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, and South Atlantic Ocean.
- Data collection involved specific, named instruments: Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, and Shower head chamber equilibrator.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2016-02-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations collected from the S.A. AGULHAS II research vessel.
- Time Range
- 2014-12-05 to 2016-02-10
- Freshness
- 2016-02-10
- Geography
- Gulf of Guinea, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean