RV Investigator voyages BGC Argo Float Data comprises observations from Biogeochemical Argo profiling floats deployed during RV Investigator voyages. The floats collect high-resolution measurements of ocean physical and biogeochemical properties. The datasets are provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and were last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Investigating variability in the ocean's biological carbon pump based on biogeochemical property measurements.
- Studying the uptake of anthropogenic CO₂ by the ocean based on dissolved oxygen and pH data.
- Analyzing long-term trends in ocean deoxygenation and acidification based on time-series observations.
- Validating satellite-based biogeochemical and ocean colour products based on in situ measurements.
- Supporting marine resource management decisions based on spatial coverage of key variables.
Strengths
- High-resolution measurements of multiple ocean properties.
- Contributes to sustained ocean observing efforts in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Improves spatial and temporal coverage of key biogeochemical variables.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to RV Investigator voyages.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Observations collected by Biogeochemical Argo profiling floats deployed during RV Investigator voyages.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 16:18:49.326149; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Southern Hemisphere