NCEI Accession 0080969 contains surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data collected from the vessel CAP VICTOR between May and September 2006. The data were collected by Richard A. Feely and Christopher Sabine of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Measurements include the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure across the Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing spatial patterns of ocean acidification indicators based on surface water pCO2 data.
- Studying correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility mentioned in the description.
- Validating global carbon cycle models with in-situ underway measurements from specific cruise tracks.
Strengths
- Data collection spans multiple major ocean basins over a 3.5-month period in 2006.
- Includes key variables for carbon cycle studies: air and water pCO2, salinity, SST, and barometric pressure.
- Collected by a recognized research institution (NOAA PMEL) using specific instruments like CO2 gas analyzers and thermosalinographs.
Limitations
- Last updated 2006-09-03 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Barometric pressure sensor, Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2006-05-23 to 2006-09-03
- Freshness
- 2006-09-03 00:00:00
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea