Surface underway chemical and physical data collected from the USS BOLD research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico between June and September 2006. The dataset includes measurements of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure. Researchers from the University of Georgia collected this data as part of the Coastal_UG_Gulf_of_Mexico_2006 project for the Global Coastal Carbon Data Project.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal carbon fluxes based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide measurements.
- Analyzing relationships between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide levels in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Studying temporal variability in coastal ocean chemistry based on time-series surface underway data.
Strengths
- Data collected over a three-month period from June to September 2006, providing a seasonal snapshot.
- Includes multiple related variables: partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, sea surface temperature, and barometric pressure.
- Part of the Global Coastal Carbon Data Project, which aggregates coastal carbon measurements.
Limitations
- Last updated 2006-09-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI (NODC Accession 0117493)
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer and Shower head chamber equilibrator.
- Time Range
- 2006-06-06 to 2006-09-11
- Freshness
- 2006-09-11
- Geography
- Gulf of Mexico