VOS James Clark Ross 2013: Underway Surface Ocean Carbon and Meteorological Data

Dr. Vassilis Kitidis of Plymouth Marine Laboratory collected 9 months of underway surface ocean data from the RRS James Clark Ross during cruise 74JC20121115. The dataset includes measurements of air-sea carbon dioxide difference, barometric pressure, salinity, and sea surface temperature across eight ocean regions from the Arctic to the South Pacific. Instruments used include barometric pressure sensors, carbon dioxide gas analyzers, and thermosalinographs.

Use Cases

• Calculating air-sea CO2 flux based on partial pressure difference measurements.
• Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity.
• Validating regional ocean carbon models using underway salinity and temperature data.
• Studying spatial variability of surface ocean pCO2 across multiple ocean basins.

Strengths

• Data covers a wide geographic area across eight distinct ocean regions.
• Collection period spans 9 months from November 2012 to August 2013.
• Specific instrumentation is documented, including shower head chamber equilibrators and thermosalinographs.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and column names are missing from all sources.
• Conflicting last update dates (2013-08-16 vs. 2026-03-06) suggest potential metadata inconsistency.
• No license information is provided, limiting clarity on reuse permissions.

Provenance

Source

Plymouth Marine Laboratory / Dr. Vassilis Kitidis

Collection Method

Underway - surface observations collected from the RRS James Clark Ross during cruise 74JC20121115.

Time Range

2012-11-15 to 2013-08-16

Freshness

2026-03-06 00:26:41.335183

Geography

Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Greenland Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean