From November 18, 2013 to December 25, 2014, surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data were collected by the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer across the Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans, and Tasman Sea. Stewart C. Sutherland, Taro Takahashi of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Colm Sweeney of NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory collected these data, which include barometric pressure, partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water, salinity, and sea surface temperature.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
- Analyzing sea surface temperature and salinity correlations in the Southern Ocean.
- Studying regional variations in barometric pressure across multiple ocean basins.
- Calibrating autonomous carbon dioxide measurement instruments using the described methodology.
Strengths
- Data collection spans over a year, from 2013-11-18 to 2014-12-25.
- Geographic coverage includes five distinct ocean regions.
- Data were collected by named researchers from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and NOAA ESRL.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific cruise track.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement and other instruments.
- Time Range
- 2013-11-18 to 2014-12-25
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:49:36.678291; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South), Tasman Sea