CARINA/06MT19960910: North Atlantic Ocean Biogeochemical Profile Data

NODC Accession 0113582 contains discrete sample and profile data from the RV METEOR cruise 06MT19960910 in the North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset includes measurements of alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate, silicate, salinity, temperature, and pH, collected using CTD and bottle instruments. These data are part of the CARINA synthesis project for investigating the ocean carbon system.

Use Cases

• Calibrating ocean carbon models using discrete alkalinity and pH measurements.
• Analyzing nutrient distributions (nitrate, phosphate, silicate) for biological productivity studies.
• Investigating water mass properties using concurrent CTD profiles of temperature, salinity, and pressure.
• Assessing dissolved oxygen levels for hypoxia or ventilation studies.
• Contributing to merged, internally consistent data syntheses like the CARINA project.

Strengths

• Data is part of the CARINA international synthesis project, which produced a merged, internally consistent dataset.
• Includes a specific suite of core biogeochemical variables (alkalinity, nutrients, oxygen, carbon system parameters).
• Covers a defined temporal range from 1996-09-10 to 1996-10-03 during a single research cruise.

Limitations

• Column names and dataset size (rows, file size) are not provided on any platform.
• Author affiliations conflict between sources (CSIRO/IIM and unknown/Tübingen).
• Metadata on license and precise update date is inconsistent or missing.

Provenance

Source

NOAA NCEI (NODC Accession 0113582), collected by F. Pérez and C. Hemleben.

Collection Method

Discrete water samples and continuous profiles collected via CTD and bottle casts from the RV METEOR.

Time Range

1996-09-10 to 1996-10-03

Freshness

Last updated metadata dates range from 1996-10 03 to 2026-03-05.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean