From January 14 to November 2, 2020, surface underway chemical, meteorological, and physical data were collected from the M/S New Century 2 ship in the North Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset includes measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) in air and water, sea surface salinity, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and wind. Data were collected by NOAA NCEI using instruments such as CO2 gas analyzers, barometric pressure sensors, thermosalinographs, and equilibrators.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on air-sea difference in partial pressure of carbon dioxide.
- Analyzing correlations between sea surface temperature and partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water.
- Studying regional variations in marine carbon dioxide levels based on data from the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea.
- Calibrating or validating satellite-derived salinity or temperature data based on sea surface salinity and temperature measurements.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific time range from 2020-01-14 to 2020-11-02.
- Includes multiple related parameters: pCO2 in air and water, salinity, temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind.
- Geographic coverage spans three distinct ocean regions: North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Caribbean Sea.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2020-11-02; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Surface underway measurements collected from the ship of opportunity M/S New Century 2 using barometric pressure sensors, CO2 gas analyzers, thermosalinographs, and equilibrators.
- Time Range
- 2020-01-14 to 2020-11-02
- Freshness
- 2020-11-02
- Geography
- North Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean