Surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data collected from NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow in the North Atlantic Ocean and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary from April to November 2016. The data include partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. Denis Pierrot, Kevin F. Sullivan, and Rik Wanninkhof of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory collected these data using carbon dioxide gas analyzers and equilibrators.
Use Cases
- Calculate air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure differences mentioned in the description.
- Analyze seasonal variability of sea surface temperature and salinity in the North Atlantic.
- Model oceanic carbon uptake based on underway measurements of fugacity.
- Correlate atmospheric barometric pressure with marine carbon dioxide concentrations.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific time range from 2016-04-08 to 2016-11-21.
- Includes measurements from 12 distinct cruise IDs, suggesting multiple sampling events.
- Specifies the instruments used: Carbon dioxide (CO2) 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.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using specific instruments on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow.
- Time Range
- 2016-04-08 to 2016-11-21
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:58:00.311111; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary