North Pacific Ocean surface underway data collected from the WAKATAKA MARU between June and October 2012. The dataset includes measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. It was collected by researchers from the Tohoku Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory using carbon dioxide gas analyzers and membrane equilibrators.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity.
- Studying regional variations in surface water chemistry across the North Pacific Ocean.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products with in-situ measurements.
- Investigating seasonal marine meteorological patterns based on barometric pressure data.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific temporal range from 2012-06-25 to 2012-10-21.
- Includes multiple directly measured variables: carbon dioxide fugacity, salinity, temperature, and barometric pressure.
- Associated with specific research cruises (49WA20120625 and 49WA20121006).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2012-10-21; freshness should be verified for current research.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and Micro-porous membrane equilibrator.
- Time Range
- 2012-06-25 to 2012-10-21
- Freshness
- Last updated 2012-10-21 00:00:00
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean