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CARBON-OPS: air-sea carbon flux observation
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Project | CARBON-OPS(CARBON-OPS) |
Time period | 2007-2010 |
Ongoing | No |
Geographical area | Worldwide |
Observations | |
Parameters | Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere; Horizontal spatial co-ordinates; Date and time; Air pressure; Atmospheric humidity; Variable fluorescence parameters; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Raw fluorometer output; Other meteorological measurements; Raw oxygen sensor output; Ozone and oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere; Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output; Metadata parameters; Transmittance and attenuance of the water column; Air temperature; Wind strength and direction |
Instruments | Anemometers; fluorometers; thermosalinographs; continuous water samplers; salinity sensor; geothermometers; Differential Global Positioning System receivers; transmissometers; water body temperature sensor; water temperature sensor; dissolved gas sensors; continuous air samplers; meteorological packages |
Description | |
Summary | The CARBON-OPS data set comprises partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) and ancilliary parameters, measured aboard selected UK research vessels between 2007 and 2008. The parameter suite includes geographical position; partial pressure and fugacity of CO2; sea surface temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen concentration; air pressure, temperature and humidity; occasionally the parameter suite also includes fluorescence, transmittance, wind speed and direction. CARBON-OPS, led by Nick Hardman-Mountford at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council under the Knowledge Transfer initiative (2007-2009). The aim of the project was to develop an automated supply chain of ocean surface and atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements from research ships to operational end-users. The data were first provided in near real-time following an initial level of automated quality control and processing. Following a secondary level of manual quality control and processing (delayed mode) the data are integrated into the BODC National Oceanographic Database. Measurements were taken aboard five UK research vessels: RRS Discovery, RRS James Clark Ross; RRS James Cook; RV Plymouth Quest; and RV Prince Madog. |
Originators | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
Data web site | http://www.bodc.ac.uk/carbon-ops/ |
Availability | |
Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Availability | Licence; by negotiation |
Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
Facsimile | 01517954912 |
enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1048CARBONOPS |
Global identifier | 4288 |
Last revised | 2011-01-25 |