A compiled data product of underway pCO2 measurements from 63 individual cruise data sets collected on board Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) transiting the Pacific Ocean, from March 2004 through October 2018 (NCEI Accession 0280595)
by Richard A. Feely1, Simone R. Alin1, Catherine E. Cosca1, Geoffrey T. Lebon2, Julian Herndon2, Andrew Collins2, and Alex Kozyr3
1Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, USA
2University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA
3National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Figure 1. Map of study area for PMEL VOS cruises.
Abstract
As part of a multi-year effort to quantify the flux of CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, the Ocean Climate Observation Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supports the deployment of underway CO2 systems on NOAA research ships and volunteer observing ships (VOS) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The CO2 group of NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) has been monitoring sea surface CO2 concentrations in the equatorial Pacific since 1982. This is a particularly dynamic area exhibiting significant variation of CO2 concentrations, both interannually due to the effect of periodic El Niño events, and seasonally due to the changes in wind strength and upwelling patterns. By measuring the pCO2 in both the sea surface and atmosphere, along with sea surface temperature, pressure, and wind speed, the flux of CO2 can be calculated, affording a broader understanding of key processes and changes in these processes in the ocean on decadal time scales. A strong upwelled-driven inverse pCO2-SST relationship exists across the equatorial Pacific, allowing the development of an empirical approach to obtain highly resolved pCO2 distributions and CO2 fluxes. This data package represents pCO2 gathered by PMEL onboard VOS container ships from 2004 through 2018. The cruises during the 15-year period included 63 transects of the Pacific Ocean between the North Pacific West Coast and New Zealand/Australia.
Table 1. Access to cruise-level archived metadata and data files at NCEI for all VOS underway pCO2 cruises led by NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Click the "Download data" button to download copies of data and metadata files on this page for the compiled data package or on individual cruise pages for the data/metadata for individual cruises. If your application involves an en masse application of the data, please cite this data product as suggested below. Many frequently asked questions about these cruises can be answered by reading the metadata.
Cruise Name | EXPOCODE | Cruise Dates | Cruise Ports | NCEI accession number | OCADS cruise page link |
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M/V Columnbus Waikato | |||||
CW2004_02 | 64CW20040303 | 03/03/04 - 03/18/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2004_04 | 64CW20040424 | 04/23/04 - 05/06/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2004_06 | 64CW20040611 | 06/10/04 - 06/23/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2004_09 | 64CW20040921 | 09/20/04 - 10/04/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2004_11 | 64CW20041113 | 11/12/04 - 11/24/04 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2004_11_anz | 64CW20041126 | 11/26/04 - 12/01/04 | Auckland, NZ - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_01 | 64CW20050124 | 01/24/05 - 02/05/05 | Auckland, NZ - Oakland, CA | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_01_anz | 64CW20050112 | 01/12/05 - 01/21/05 | Melbourne, AS - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_02 | 64CW20050216 | 02/16/05 - 02/28/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_03 | 64CW20050301 | 03/01/05 - 03/05/05 | Auckland, NZ - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_04 | 64CW20050406 | 04/06/05 - 04/17/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Auckland, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_04_anz | 64CW20050419 | 04/19/05 - 04/21/05 | Auckland, NZ - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_07 | 64CW20050702 | 07/02/05 - 07/15/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_07_anz | 64CW20050716 | 07/16/05 - 07/27/05 | Tauranga, NZ - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_08 | 64CW20050817 | 08/17/05 - 08/31/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_09 | 64CW20050902 | 09/23/05 - 10/08/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_09_anz | 64CW20050923 | 09/02/05 - 09/05/05 | Melbourne, AS - Tauranga, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_10_anz | 64CW20051010 | 10/10/05 - 10/12/05 | Melbourne, AS - Tauranga, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_11 | 64CW20051101 | 11/01/05 - 11/16/05 | Los Angeles, CA - Melbourne, AS | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2005_11_anz | 64CW20051125 | 11/18/05 - 11/23/05 | Melbourne, AS - Tauranga, NZ | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
CW2006_01 | 64CW20060103 | 01/03/06 - 01/15/06 | Tauranga, NZ - Los Angeles, CA | 0080979 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080979.html |
M/V Cap Victor | |||||
CV2006_05 | 06CK20060523 | 05/23/06 - 06/12/06 | Tauranga, NZ - Panama | 0080969 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080969.html |
CV2006_07 | 06CK20060715 | 07/15/06 - 08/07/06 | Panama - Aukland, NZ | 0080969 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080969.html |
CV2006_08 | 06CK20060821 | 08/12/06 - 09/03/06 | Tauranga, NZ - Panama | 0080969 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080969.html |
M/V Albert Rickmers | |||||
AR2007_09 | 54WC20060923 | 09/22/07 - 10/05/08 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0080968 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080968.html |
AR2007_10 | 54WC20061029 | 10/29/07 - 11/10/07 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0080968 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0080968.html |
M/V Natalie Schulte | |||||
NS_2010_09 | CYNS20101001 | 09/19/08 - 09/29/08 | Long Beach, CA - Hong Kong | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2010_11 | CYNS20101125 | 10/06/08 - 10/15/08 | Hong Kong - Long Beach, CA | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2011_03 | CYNS20110322 | 03/22/11 - 03/31/11 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2011_05 | CYNS20110513 | 05/13/11 - 06/02/11 | Long Beach, CA - Melbourne, AS | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2011_07 | CYNS20110709 | 07/09/11 - 07/20/11 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2011_09 | CYNS20110902 | 09/02/11 - 09/14/11 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2011_11 | CYNS20111029 | 10/29/11 - 11/09/11 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2012_01 | CYNS20120124 | 01/24/12 - 02/05/12 | Aukland, NZ - Long Beach, CA | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2012_02 | CYNS20120216 | 02/16/12 - 02/29/12 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2012_04 | CYNS20120416 | 04/16/12 - 05/03/12 | Long Beach, CA - Melbourne, AS | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
NS_2012_06 | CYNS20120608 | 06/08/12 - 06/21/12 | Long Beach, CA - Aukland, NZ | 0108233 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0108233.html |
M/V Cap Blanche | |||||
CB2014_02 | AG5W20140201 | 01/29/14 - 02/14/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2014_03 | AG5W20140327 | 03/26/14 - 04/11/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2014_05 | AG5W20140523 | 05/21/14 - 06/06/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2014_07 | AG5W20140718 | 07/16/16 - 01/00/00 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2014_09 | AG5W20140912 | 09/10/14 - 09/26/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2014_11 | AG5W20141113 | 11/13/14 - 11/26/14 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0156923 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0156923.html |
CB2015_03 | AG5W20150328 | 03/28/15 - 04/10/15 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0141304 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0141304.html |
CB2015_05 | AG5W20150524 | 05/21/15 - 06/06/15 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0141304 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0141304.html |
CB2015_09 | AG5W20150930 | 09/28/15 - 10/12/15 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0141304 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0141304.html |
CB2015_11 | AG5W20151120 | 11/19/15 - 12/05/15 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0141304 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0141304.html |
CB2016_03 | AG5W20160313 | 03/10/16 - 01/00/00 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0158484 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0158484.html |
CB2016_05 | AG5W20160507 | 05/06/16 - 05/21/16 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0158484 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0158484.html |
CB2016_08 | AG5W20160829 | 08/23/16 - 09/13/16 | Los Angeles, CA - Tauranga, NZ | 0158484 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0158484.html |
CB2016_10 | AG5W20161019 | 10/19/16 - 11/02/16 | Aukland, NZ - Seattle, WA | 0169600 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0169600.html |
CB2017_01 | AG5W20170115 | 01/15/17 - 02/03/17 | Aukland, NZ - Tacoma, WA | 0169600 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0169600.html |
CB2017_03 | AG5W20170312 | 03/12/17 - 03/31/17 | Aukland, NZ - Seattle, WA | 0169600 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0169600.html |
CB2017_05 | AG5W20170507 | 05/03/17 - 05/26/17 | Aukland, NZ - Seattle, WA | 0169600 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0169600.html |
CB2017_11 | AG5W20171117 | 11/17/17 - 11/30/17 | Tauranga, NZ - Oakland, CA | 0169600 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0169600.html |
CB2018_01 | AG5W20180112 | 01/07/18 - 01/27/18 | Seattle, WA - Tauranga, NZ | 0209057 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0209057.html |
CB2018_03 | AG5W20180309 | 03/09/18 - 03/23/18 | Tauranga, NZ - Seattle, WA | 0209057 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0209057.html |
CB2018_05 | AG5W20180502 | 04/27/18 - 05/19/18 | Seattle, WA - Tauranga, NZ | 0209057 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0209057.html |
CB2018_07 | AG5W20180630 | 06/30/18 - 07/13/18 | Tauranga, NZ - Oakland, CA | 0209057 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0209057.html |
CB2018_09 | AG5W20180827 | 08/27/18 - 09/04/18 | Tauranga, NZ - Los Angeles, CA | 0209057 | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ncei/ocads/metadata/0209057.html |
Please cite any one or few data sets you use individually (see table above for links) or if used en masse, cite the data set as:
Feely, Richard A.; Alin, Simone R.; Cosca, Catherine E.; Lebon, Geoffrey T.; Herndon, Julian; Collins, Andrew; Kozyr, Alex (2023). A compiled data product of underway pCO2 measurements from 63 individual cruise data sets collected on board Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) transiting the Pacific Ocean, from March 2004 through October 2018 (NCEI Accession 0280595). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/ddgg-fe30.