From February 1 to June 6, 2013, this dataset contains surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical observations collected from the vessel Cap Vilano in the North and South Pacific Ocean. The data include partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. It was collected by researchers from the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory as part of the VOS_Cap_Vilano_2013 dataset.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on the difference between atmospheric and water partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and oceanic carbon dioxide concentrations.
- Studying spatial and temporal variability of surface ocean carbon parameters along a ship track.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity and temperature products with in-situ thermosalinograph data.
Strengths
- Data covers a continuous time series of over four months from February to June 2013.
- Includes simultaneous measurements of multiple related variables (CO2 partial pressure, salinity, temperature, pressure).
- Collected by a recognized oceanographic research laboratory (NOAA PMEL).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2013-06-06 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using barometric pressure sensors, carbon dioxide gas analyzers, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2013-02-01 to 2013-06-06
- Freshness
- Last updated 2013-06-06 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean