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Surface underway measurements of carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure collected from the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer in the South Atlantic, South Pacific, and Southern Oceans. The data were gathered between December 17, 2005 and December 15, 2006. Stewart C. Sutherland, Taro Takahashi of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Colm Sweeney of NOAA ESRL collected these observations as part of the VOS_Nathaniel_Palmer_Lines_2006 dataset.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
• Analyzing sea surface temperature and salinity relationships in the Southern Ocean.
• Studying seasonal variations in barometric pressure and surface ocean chemistry.
• Calibrating and validating autonomous carbon dioxide measurement systems.

Strengths

• Data collected over a full year from December 2005 to December 2006.
• Includes multiple variable types: chemical (CO2), physical (salinity, SST), and meteorological (barometric pressure).
• Sourced from a recognized research vessel and institutions (LDEO, NOAA ESRL).

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

2005-12-17 to 2006-12-15

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 05 22:46:51.181162; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southern Oceans (> 60 degrees South)