South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea surface underway data collected by Autonomous Surface Vehicle Saildrone 1008 from August 14 to 31, 2019. The dataset includes chemical, meteorological, and physical parameters such as partial pressure of carbon dioxide, sea surface temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and pH. It was collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration using instruments like carbon dioxide analyzers, thermosalinographs, and oxygen meters.
Use Cases
- Calculate air-sea carbon dioxide flux based on fugacity of CO2 in surface water and atmosphere.
- Analyze correlations between sea surface temperature and ocean carbon parameters.
- Monitor ocean acidification trends based on total pH surface water measurements.
- Validate biogeochemical models using concurrent measurements of salinity, temperature, and dissolved oxygen.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 18-day period from 2019-08-14 to 2019-08-31.
- Includes multiple concurrent chemical, physical, and meteorological parameters for integrated analysis.
- Collected via autonomous vehicle (Saildrone), likely providing continuous, high-resolution underway measurements.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Surface underway measurements collected from Autonomous Surface Vehicle Saildrone 1008 using bubble type equilibrator, carbon dioxide gas analyzer, humidity sensor, oxygen meter, and thermosalinographs.
- Time Range
- 2019-08-14 to 2019-08-31
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-06 00:08:30.278773; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea