The Bass Strait, Coral Sea, Inland Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea are covered by this collection of chemical, meteorological, and physical data. It contains measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide, salinity, air temperature, barometric pressure, and wind speed, among other variables. These data were collected by Yukihiro Nojiri of the National Institute for Environmental Studies from the vessel Trans Future 5 between June 2006 and August 2011.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on partial pressure difference measurements.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity across ocean basins.
- Studying regional variability in surface ocean chemistry based on salinity and carbon dioxide data.
- Validating satellite-derived ocean carbon products using in-situ underway measurements.
Strengths
- Data collection spans over five years, from 2006-06-27 to 2011-08-05.
- Covers eight distinct ocean regions, including the North Pacific Ocean and Coral Sea.
- Includes multiple related variable types: chemical, meteorological, physical, and sediment properties.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2011-08-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Underway - surface observations collected from the vessel Trans Future 5 using instruments including a Carbon dioxide gas analyzer and a Shower head chamber equilibrator.
- Time Range
- 2006-06-27 to 2011-08-05
- Freshness
- 2011-08-05
- Geography
- Bass Strait, Coral Sea, Inland Sea (Seto Naikai), North Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea