Surface Ocean Carbon Dioxide and Meteorological Measurements from Trans Future 5, 2008

Surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data collected from the research vessel Trans Future 5 across the Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas from February to November 2008. The dataset includes measurements of air and sea partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, sea surface temperature, wind speed, and other variables. Yukihiro Nojiri of the National Institute for Environmental Studies collected these data as part of the VOS_Trans_Future_5_2008 dataset.

Use Cases

• Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure measurements in water and atmosphere.
• Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility across ocean basins.
• Studying regional variability in ocean carbon uptake based on underway measurements from a specific vessel track.
• Calibrating or validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity or temperature products with in-situ data.
• Investigating meteorological influences on ocean surface conditions using concurrent wind speed and solar radiation data.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 9-month time period from 2008-02-04 to 2008-11-22.
• Includes concurrent measurements of multiple related variables (carbon dioxide, salinity, temperature, wind) enabling multivariate analysis.
• Data collection followed a defined vessel track across multiple major ocean regions, providing spatial context.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale processing.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics and data formats must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2008-11-22; freshness should be verified against more recent observations.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0157379), collected by Yukihiro Nojiri of the National Institute for Environmental Studies.

Collection Method

Surface underway observations using barometric pressure sensors, carbon dioxide gas analyzers, thermosalinographs, and other instruments aboard the vessel Trans Future 5.

Time Range

2008-02-04 to 2008-11-22

Freshness

Last updated 2008-11-22 00:00:00

Geography

Bass Strait, Coral Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea