Surface underway data collected from the R/V METEOR in the Gulf of Guinea, North Atlantic, and South Atlantic Oceans from October 13 to November 16, 2002. The dataset includes measurements of barometric pressure, partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, and sea surface temperature. These data were collected by Arne Körtzinger of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel as part of the Meteor 55 cruise.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea CO2 flux based on partial pressure measurements.
- Analyzing the relationship between sea surface temperature and carbon dioxide fugacity.
- Studying surface ocean carbon chemistry variability along a ship track.
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products with in-situ CTD data.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 35-day research cruise with precise temporal bounds.
- Includes simultaneous measurements of atmospheric and aquatic CO2 partial pressure, salinity, and temperature.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2002-11-16; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel via NOAA NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Surface underway observations using CTD and Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer.
- Time Range
- 2002-10-13 to 2002-11-16
- Freshness
- Last updated 2002-11-16.
- Geography
- Gulf of Guinea, North Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean.