Surface underway data collected from NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN across the Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and other regions from February to December 2004. The dataset includes measurements of AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, and WIND SPEED. These data were collected by Rik Wanninkhof of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory as part of the R/V Ronald Brown 2004 Underway Data set.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
- Analyzing air-sea gas exchange dynamics using wind speed and sea surface temperature data.
- Studying regional oceanographic variability using salinity and fluorescence data.
- Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature products with in-situ measurements.
Strengths
- Data collection spans multiple ocean basins over a 10-month period in 2004.
- Includes simultaneous measurements of carbon dioxide partial pressure in both air and water, which is critical for flux calculations.
- Specifies the use of instruments like Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzers and thermosalinographs.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2004-12-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, shower head chamber equilibrator, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2004-02-12 to 2004-12-22
- Freshness
- Last updated 2004-12-22 00:00:00
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary