From 2009-01-09 to 2010-01-25, surface underway data were collected from the research vessel POLARSTERN across the English Channel, North Atlantic Ocean, and Southern Oceans. The dataset includes partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and meteorological variables. Data were collected by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Groningen University, and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility mentioned in the description.
- Studying spatial variability of oceanic carbon parameters across multiple ocean basins.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products with in-situ salinity data.
- Investigating wind speed and direction effects on surface gas transfer velocities.
Strengths
- Data collected over a 382-day period across multiple major ocean basins.
- Includes simultaneous measurements of atmospheric and aquatic carbon dioxide partial pressure.
- Data associated with a specific research cruise (06AQ20090109) and principal investigators.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2010-01-25 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 2009-01-09 to 2010-01-25
- Freshness
- 2010-01-25
- Geography
- English Channel, North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South)