INVESTIGATORS:
Rik Wanninkhof
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Kevin F. Sullivan
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Denis Pierrot
- NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: This dataset includes Surface underway, chemical, meteorological and physical data collected from Celebrity Equinox in the Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Alboran Sea, Balearic (or Iberian) Sea, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Ionian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin, North Atlantic Ocean, Sea of Marmara, Strait of Gibraltar and Tyrrhenian Sea from 2015-02-23 to 2016-01-02. These data include AIR-SEA DIFFERENCE - PARTIAL PRESSURE (OR FUGACITY) OF CARBON DIOXIDE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere, Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - water, SALINITY and SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE. The instruments used to collect these data include Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement and thermosalinographs.
These data were collected by Rik Wanninkhof, Denis Pierrot and Kevin Sullivan of NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory as part of the VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150223, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150306, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150316, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150327, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150406, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150417, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150427, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150511, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150521, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150602, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150627, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150711, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150719, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150725, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150801, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150814, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150907, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150919, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20150924, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151003, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151015, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151027, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151109, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151120, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151130, VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151211 and VOS_Equinox_2015_EQNX_20151221 data set. CDIAC associated the following cruise ID(s) with this data set: MLCE20150223, MLCE20150306, MLCE20150316, MLCE20150327, MLCE20150406, MLCE20150427, MLCE20150511, MLCE20150521, MLCE20150602, MLCE20150627, MLCE20150704, MLCE20150711, MLCE20150719, MLCE20150725, MLCE20150801, MLCE20150814, MLCE20150824, MLCE20150907, MLCE20150919, MLCE20151003, MLCE20151015, MLCE20151027, MLCE20151109, MLCE20151120, MLCE20151130, MLCE20151211 and MLCE20151221
CITE AS: Wanninkhof, Rik; Pierrot, Denis; Huss, Betty E.; Sullivan, Kevin F.; Castle, Robert D. (2016). Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement and other instruments from Celebrity Equinox in the Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea and others from 2015-02-23 to 2016-01-02 (NCEI Accession 0157224). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.vos_eqnx_2015. Accessed [date].
DATA PACKAGES RELATED TO THIS ONE:
IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR THIS DATA PACKAGE:
NCEI ACCESSION: 0157224
NCEI DOI: https://doi.org/10.3334/cdiac/otg.vos_eqnx_2015
EXPOCODE: MLCE20150223;
MLCE20150306;
MLCE20150316;
MLCE20150327;
MLCE20150406;
MLCE20150427;
MLCE20150511;
MLCE20150521;
MLCE20150602;
MLCE20150627;
MLCE20150704;
MLCE20150711;
MLCE20150719;
MLCE20150725;
MLCE20150801;
MLCE20150814;
MLCE20150824;
MLCE20150907;
MLCE20150919;
MLCE20151003;
MLCE20151015;
MLCE20151027;
MLCE20151109;
MLCE20151120;
MLCE20151130;
MLCE20151211;
MLCE20151221;
CRUISE ID: MLCE20150223;
MLCE20150306;
MLCE20150316;
MLCE20150327;
MLCE20150406;
MLCE20150427;
MLCE20150511;
MLCE20150521;
MLCE20150602;
MLCE20150627;
MLCE20150704;
MLCE20150711;
MLCE20150719;
MLCE20150725;
MLCE20150801;
MLCE20150814;
MLCE20150824;
MLCE20150907;
MLCE20150919;
MLCE20151003;
MLCE20151015;
MLCE20151027;
MLCE20151109;
MLCE20151120;
MLCE20151130;
MLCE20151211;
MLCE20151221;
TYPES OF STUDY: Surface underway;TEMPORAL COVERAGE:
START DATE: 2015-02-23
END DATE: 2016-01-02
SPATIAL COVERAGE:
WEST: -88.018
EAST: 28.995
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES:
Atlantic Ocean;Mediterranean Sea;Caribbean Sea;
PLATFORMS: M/V Equinox (ID: MLCE);
RESEARCH PROJECT(S):
none;
VARIABLES / PARAMETERS:
xCO2_EQU_ppm |
Abbreviation: |
xCO2_EQU_ppm |
Unit: |
Mole fraction of CO2 in the equilibrator headspace (dry) at equilibrator temperature (ppm) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
xCO2_ATM_ppm |
Abbreviation: |
xCO2_ATM_ppm |
Unit: |
Mole fraction of CO2 measured in dry outside air (ppm) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
xCO2_ATM_interpolated_ppm |
Abbreviation: |
xCO2_ATM_interpolated_ppm |
Unit: |
Mole fraction of CO2 in outside air associated with each water analysis. These values are interpolated between the bracketing averaged good xCO2_ATM analyses (ppm) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
PRES_EQU_hPa |
Abbreviation: |
PRES_EQU_hPa |
Unit: |
Barometric pressure in the equilibrator headspace (hPa) |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
PRES_ATM@SSP_hPa |
Abbreviation: |
PRES_ATM@SSP_hPa |
Unit: |
Barometric pressure measured outside, corrected to sea level (hPa) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
TEMP_EQU_C |
Abbreviation: |
TEMP_EQU_C |
Unit: |
Water temperature in equilibrator (°C) |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
SST_C |
Abbreviation: |
SST_C |
Unit: |
Sea surface temperature (°C) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
SAL_permil |
Abbreviation: |
SAL_permil |
Unit: |
Sea surface salinity on Practical Salinity Scale (o/oo) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
SALINITY |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
fCO2_SW@SST_uatm |
Abbreviation: |
fCO2_SW@SST_uatm |
Unit: |
Fugacity of CO2 in sea water at SST and 100% humidity (μatm) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
fCO2_ATM_interpolated_uatm |
Abbreviation: |
fCO2_ATM_interpolated_uatm |
Unit: |
Fugacity of CO2 in air corresponding to the interpolated xCO2 at SST and 100% humidity (μatm) |
Controlled vocabulary name: |
Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
dfCO2_uatm |
Abbreviation: |
dfCO2_uatm |
Unit: |
Sea water fCO2 minus interpolated air fCO2 (μatm) |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
WOCE_QC_FLAG |
Abbreviation: |
WOCE_QC_FLAG |
Unit: |
Quality control flag for fCO2 values (2=good, 3=questionable) |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
QC_SUBFLAG |
Abbreviation: |
QC_SUBFLAG |
Unit: |
Quality control subflag for fCO2 values, provides explanation when QC flag=3 |
In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: |
in-situ |
PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THIS DATASET: none;
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: none;
FUNDING AGENCY: NOAA Climate Program Office; NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
PROJECT TITLE:
PROJECT ID:
SUBMITTED BY: Alex Kozyr (Alex.Kozyr@noaa.gov)
SUBMISSION DATE: 2016-12-08