Surface underway observations of partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, and sea surface temperature collected from the LAURENCE M. GOULD research vessel. The data cover the South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, and Southern Oceans (>60 degrees South) from December 31, 2012 to November 15, 2013. Stewart C. Sutherland, Taro Takahashi of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Colm Sweeney of NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory collected these data as part of the VOS_LMG_Lines_2013 dataset.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
- Analyzing sea surface temperature variability in polar oceans.
- Studying salinity patterns in the South Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- Calibrating autonomous carbon dioxide measurement instruments using field data.
Strengths
- Data collection spans nearly a full year from 2012-12-31 to 2013-11-15.
- Geographic coverage includes three major ocean regions: South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Southern Oceans.
- Specific instruments used are named: Carbon dioxide gas analyzer and Shower head chamber equilibrator.
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 bias inherent to the specific vessel track.
Provenance
- Source
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using specific instruments on the LAURENCE M. GOULD vessel.
- Time Range
- 2012-12-31 to 2013-11-15
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 23:41:17.929375; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South)