From 2016-01-06 to 2017-01-02, surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data were collected in the North Atlantic Ocean onboard the MV Benguela Stream. The data include partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water and air, air-sea difference of pCO2, barometric pressure, dissolved oxygen, sea surface salinity, and temperature. Dr. Ute Schuster, Dr. Steve D. Jones, and Prof. Andrew J. Watson of the University of Exeter collected these measurements using barometric pressure sensors and CO2 gas analyzers.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean-atmosphere carbon exchange based on air-sea pCO2 difference.
- Analyzing seasonal variability in marine carbon dioxide levels based on time-series data.
- Correlating sea surface temperature and salinity with dissolved oxygen and pCO2 measurements.
- Studying regional carbon dynamics in the North Atlantic Ocean based on underway ship data.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific year-long time range from 2016-01-06 to 2017-01-02.
- Includes multiple concurrent measurements: pCO2, barometric pressure, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature.
- Data collection was conducted by named principal investigators from the University of Exeter.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2017-01-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway data collected via instruments onboard the MV Benguela Stream.
- Time Range
- 2016-01-06 to 2017-01-02
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean