CTD and bottle data were collected from the R/V HERMANO GINES on the continental shelf of Venezuela from 10 April 2007 to 05 August 2008. The University of South Florida gathered the data in support of the Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean (CARIACO) project. The dataset includes CTD parameters like temperature, salinity, and depth, alongside bottle measurements for nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and particulate organic matter.
Use Cases
- Modeling carbon retention and export based on particulate organic carbon and nitrogen measurements.
- Analyzing nutrient limitation and cycling based on nitrate, nitrite, and phosphorus concentrations.
- Studying water column structure and stratification based on CTD temperature and salinity profiles.
- Investigating the relationship between physical oceanography and biological productivity in a coastal upwelling zone.
Strengths
- Data collection spans over 16 months from April 2007 to August 2008.
- Includes a multi-parameter suite of physical, chemical, and biological measurements from CTD and bottle casts.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2008-08-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- University of South Florida, collected for the CARIACO project and archived by NOAA_NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected from CTD and bottle casts aboard the R/V HERMANO GINES.
- Time Range
- 10 April 2007 to 05 August 2008
- Freshness
- Last updated 2008-08-05 00:00:00
- Geography
- Continental shelf of Venezuela