CTD and bottle data were collected from the R/V HERMANO GINES on the continental shelf of Venezuela from September 2008 to January 2010. The dataset includes CTD parameters like temperature, salinity, and depth, alongside bottle measurements for nutrients, dissolved oxygen, pH, and chlorophyll. Data were collected by the University of South Florida in support of the Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project.
Use Cases
- Modeling carbon retention and export based on measured particulate organic carbon and nitrogen.
- Studying nutrient limitation and phytoplankton productivity based on nitrate, nitrite, silicate, and phosphorus concentrations.
- Analyzing water column structure and oceanographic conditions based on CTD-measured temperature, salinity, and depth profiles.
- Investigating ocean acidification trends based on pH and alkalinity measurements.
- Estimating phytoplankton biomass and community composition based on chlorophyll-a and phaeopigment concentration.
Strengths
- Data collection spans 16 distinct research cruises (Car149 through Car165).
- Includes a multi-parameter suite of physical, chemical, and biological measurements from two instrument types (CTD and bottles).
- Temporal coverage is explicitly defined from 10 September 2008 to 7 January 2010.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2010-01-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- University of South Florida, archived by NOAA NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected via CTD and bottle casts from the R/V HERMANO GINES.
- Time Range
- 2008-09-10 to 2010-01-07
- Freshness
- Data collection ended in 2010.
- Geography
- Caribbean Sea and continental shelf of Venezuela.