Surface underway observations from the Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Louisiana and Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the North Atlantic Ocean collected between January and August 2012. The dataset includes measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. Data were collected by researchers from NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory using a carbon dioxide gas analyzer.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing the relationship between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility.
- Studying regional variability in ocean carbon chemistry based on salinity and carbon dioxide data.
- Validating satellite-derived ocean carbon estimates with in-situ surface measurements.
Strengths
- Data collection spans multiple distinct ocean regions, including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
- Time range is explicitly defined from 2012-01-03 to 2012-08-07.
- Specific instruments used are listed, including a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer.
- Principal investigators and their institution (NOAA AOML) are identified.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2012-08-07; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 2012-01-03 to 2012-08-07
- Freshness
- Last updated 2012-08-07 00:00:00
- Geography
- Las Cuevas in the Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Texas, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean