CARINA/58JH19960720 data includes biological, chemical, and physical measurements from the North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea collected from 1996-07-20 to 1996-08-05. Data were collected by F. Rey of the Institute of Marine Research - Norway using CTD and bottle instruments on the vessel JOHAN HJORT. The CARINA project produced a merged data set for biogeochemical investigations, originally focused on the North Atlantic Ocean.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean carbon dioxide absorption based on dissolved organic carbon measurements.
- Studying marine nutrient cycles based on nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate data.
- Analyzing phytoplankton biomass and productivity based on chlorophyll A and phaeopigment data.
- Investigating water column structure and oceanographic conditions based on CTD-derived temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 16-day cruise in 1996, providing a snapshot of ocean conditions.
- Includes multiple biogeochemical variables relevant for carbon system studies.
- Part of the international CARINA synthesis project, aiming for internal consistency.
Limitations
- Last updated 1996-08-05; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.
- Time Range
- 1996-07-20 to 1996-08-05
- Geography
- North Greenland Sea and Norwegian Sea