NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown 2007 Underway Carbon Dioxide and Ocean Data

NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown collected surface underway measurements of carbon dioxide partial pressure, water temperature, and salinity across the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico from March 2007 to January 2008. Rik Wanninkhof of NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory led the collection using carbon dioxide gas analyzers and thermosalinographs. These data are part of the Ocean Carbon and Acidification Data System (OCADS).

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon uptake based on partial pressure of carbon dioxide in water and atmosphere.
• Analyzing sea surface temperature and salinity correlations with carbon dioxide levels.
• Studying regional carbon flux variability in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
• Calibrating carbon dioxide measurement instruments using the described equilibrator and analyzer setup.

Strengths

• Data collected over a 10-month period from 2007-03-23 to 2008-01-18.
• Includes simultaneous measurements of carbon dioxide in both water and atmosphere, enabling flux calculations.
• Collected by a named principal investigator (Rik Wanninkhof) from a NOAA laboratory.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Surface underway measurements from ship cruises using carbon dioxide gas analyzers and thermosalinographs.

Time Range

2007-03-23 to 2008-01 18

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 05 22:42:35.527949; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico