Surface underway chemical and meteorological data collected from the Nathaniel B. Palmer research vessel in the South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Southern Oceans from January to December 2011. The data include partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. Stewart C. Sutherland, Taro Takahashi, and Colm Sweeney collected these measurements as part of the VOS_Nathaniel_Palmer_Lines_2011 dataset.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean-atmosphere carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity.
- Studying salinity variations in the Southern Ocean alongside carbon data.
- Investigating seasonal changes in oceanic carbon dioxide using the 2011 time range.
Strengths
- Data collected over a nearly full year (2011-01-22 to 2011-12-11).
- Includes multiple variables: carbon dioxide fugacity, salinity, temperature, and barometric pressure.
- Associated with a specific cruise ID (320620110122) for provenance.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and Shower head chamber equilibrator.
- Time Range
- 2011-01-22 to 2011-12-11
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:29:15.373513; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South)