From March 2010 to January 2011, surface underway data were collected aboard the vessel BARCELONA EXPRESS across multiple seas, including the Alboran Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset includes measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. It was collected by researchers from NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory using a carbon dioxide gas analyzer.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing regional carbon flux variability based on data from the Alboran Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean.
- Correlating sea surface temperature with carbon dioxide partial pressure in water.
- Studying salinity's influence on carbon dioxide solubility in coastal and open ocean waters.
Strengths
- Data collection spans a 10-month period from March 2010 to January 2011.
- Covers a wide geographic area including the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean.
- Includes directly measured variables like carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, and sea surface temperature.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2011-01-05; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI; collected by Rik Wanninkhof, Denis Pierrot, Kevin Sullivan of US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments aboard the vessel BARCELONA EXPRESS.
- Time Range
- 2010-03-02 to 2011-01-05
- Freshness
- Last updated 2011-01-05 00:00:00
- Geography
- Alboran Sea, Balearic Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Texas, English Channel, Gulf of Mexico, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Strait of Gibraltar, Tyrrhenian Sea