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Physical and chemical oceanic parameters available from NOAA's Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Exchange Study (OACES)
Entry ID: NOAA_AOML_OACES

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Summary

Abstract: NOAA's Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Exchange Study (OACES)
seeks to enhance our understanding of the role of the ocean in
sequestering the increasing burden of anthropogenically-derived
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. To do this, OACES scientists
quantitatively assess the sources, sinks and pathways of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere and the oceans. Research involves studies
in the direction, rate and amount of carbon dioxide transfer between
the atmosphere and the ocean. These studies have been conducted in
conjunction with the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) pilot
programs in the equatorial Pacific (EQPAC) in 1992, in the Indian
Ocean in 1994/95 and in the Southern Ocean.
In addition, the OACES program assesses the storage of carbon
dioxide in the ocean. This research is being conducted cooperatively
with JGOFS on cruises of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE).
These WOCE "long line" cruises include two in the Pacific (110W,170W),
one in the Atlantic (WOCE line A-16), and two in the Indian Ocean
(WOCE lines I-7 and I-8). The WOCE long lines are reoccupied at
approximately five-year intervals.
Data sets include: surface to bottom CTD casts; rosette-mounted
Niskin bottle water sample measurements of salinity, oxygen, nutrients,
pCO2, total CO2, total alkalinity, pH, DOC, and 13C and 14C; and, within
the upper 200 meters, profiles of light, primary production, chlorophyll,
phaeopigments, POM, and integrated thorium activity as an estimate
of particulate export.

[For more info, see "http://www.aoml.noaa.gov" on the World Wide Web.]

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (OACES) information page

Geographic Coverage

N: -0.0 S: -60.0 E: -80.0 W: 45.0

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
INLAND WATERS
OCEANS

Instrument

CTD >Conductivity, Temperature, Depth    [Information]

NISKIN BOTTLES    [Information]

STD >Salinity, Temperature, Depth    [Information]

WATER BOTTLES

Keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE

BOTTLES ROSETTE

CARBON CYCLE

CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX

CARBON FLUX

CARBON-13

CARBON-14

DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON

EQPAC

GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE

IDN_NODE GSFC/NOAA/OAR/AOML

JGOFS

PARTICLE FLUX

PARTICULATE FLUX

PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER

PHAEOPIGMENTS

PRIMARY PRODUCTION

PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY

THORIUM

THORIUM ACTIVITY

WOCE

Originating Center

NOAA/OAR/AOML

Data Center

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel

Name: JAMES C. HENDEE
Phone: (305) 361-4380
Fax: (305) 361-4582
Email: jim.hendee at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
Coral Health and Monitoring Program
NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
City: Miami
Province or State: FL
Postal Code: 33149-1026
Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution_Media: On-line (World Wide Web)

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2006-01-10
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-06-15

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