Surface underway data from NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA tracks carbon dioxide partial pressure in air and sea across the Pacific Ocean from January to September 2010. The dataset includes salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure measurements collected by researchers from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Instruments used include carbon dioxide gas analyzers, thermosalinographs, and barometric pressure sensors.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on air-sea difference in carbon dioxide partial pressure.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity in seawater.
- Studying spatial and temporal variability of marine carbon parameters across the Pacific Ocean.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 8-month time range from 2010-01-06 to 2010-09-17.
- Includes multiple related chemical, meteorological, and physical variables measured simultaneously.
- Collected by named researchers from a recognized oceanographic laboratory (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2010-09-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
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
- 2010-01-06 to 2010-09-17
- Freshness
- 2010-09-17
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean