VOS_Skogafoss_Lines_2007: Sea Surface and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide in the North Atlantic

Surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data collected from the ship of opportunity Skogafoss in the North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset includes measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in air and water, salinity, and surface temperature from six cruises between January and June 2007. Data were collected by researchers from NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water and atmosphere.
• Analyzing seasonal variability of sea surface carbon dioxide based on time-series data from six cruises.
• Studying correlations between sea surface temperature, salinity, and carbon dioxide fugacity mentioned in the description.
• Validating satellite-derived ocean carbon data with in-situ underway ship measurements.

Strengths

• Data covers six distinct cruise IDs (SKO701, SKO705, SKO709, SKO713, SKO717, SKO721) over a five-month period.
• Includes simultaneous measurements of atmospheric and aquatic carbon dioxide partial pressure, salinity, and temperature.
• Collected by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, a recognized authority.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from a single year (2007), limiting analysis of long-term trends.

Provenance

Source

NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)

Collection Method

Surface underway data collected from ship of opportunity (SOOP) Skogafoss.

Time Range

2007-01-07 to 2007-06-04

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-05 23:53:07.498539; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean