Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean sea surface underway measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2), water temperature, salinity, and atmospheric pressure collected during the R/V Maria S. Merian cruise MSM89 from January 17 to February 20, 2020. The data is provided by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under accession 0234198.
Use Cases
- Modeling air-sea CO2 flux based on underway pCO2 and atmospheric pressure measurements.
- Analyzing seasonal carbon dynamics in the Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean based on the time-series data.
- Calibrating satellite-derived salinity and sea surface temperature products using in-situ measurements.
- Studying the relationship between oceanographic parameters like temperature, salinity, and pCO2.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific, well-documented research cruise (MSM89/EUREC4A_OA) with a known EXPOCODE (06M220200117).
- Measurements include multiple key parameters (pCO2, temperature, salinity, atmospheric pressure) for integrated analysis.
- Temporal coverage is precisely defined from 2020-01-17 to 2020-02-20.
- Geographic scope is clearly specified as the Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2020-02-20 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Underway measurements collected from the R/V Maria S. Merian.
- Time Range
- 2020-01-17 to 2020-02-20
- Freshness
- 2020-02-20 00:00:00
- Geography
- Western Tropical North Atlantic Ocean