The Irish Sea, St. George's Channel, and North Sea are the geographic scope of this dataset. It contains surface underway observations of carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, and sea surface temperature collected from the vessel PRINCE MADOG between June 2007 and May 2009. The data were collected by researchers from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory using a carbon dioxide gas analyzer and other instruments.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide fluxes based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing seasonal and spatial variability of ocean carbon chemistry based on the time-series and geographic coverage.
- Studying the relationship between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide solubility in coastal waters.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products with in-situ measurements.
Strengths
- Data covers a multi-year period from 2007-06-20 to 2009-05-14.
- Includes simultaneous measurements of atmospheric and aquatic carbon dioxide partial pressure, allowing for flux calculations.
- Collected by a named research institution (Plymouth Marine Laboratory) for a specific project (Coastal_Irish_Sea).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2009-05-14 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory via NOAA NCEI (Accession 0157012).
- Collection Method
- Surface underway measurements using a Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 2007-06-20 to 2009-05-14
- Freshness
- Last updated 2009-05-14 00:00:00
- Geography
- Irish Sea, St. George's Channel, North Sea