Dataset: Synthesis Product for Ocean Time Series (SPOTS)
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Data Citation:
Lange, N., Fiedler, B., Álvarez, M., Benoit-Cattin, A., Benway, H., Buttigieg, P., Coppola, L., Currie, K. I., Flecha, S., Gerlach, D. S., Honda, M. C., Huertas, E. I., Kinkade, D., Muller-Karger, F., Lauvset, S. K., Körtzinger, A., O'Brien, K. M., Ólafsdóttir, S., Pacheco, F. C., Rueda-Roa, D., Skjelvan, I., Wakita, M., White, A. E., Tanhua, T. (2023) Synthesis Product for Ocean Time Series (SPOTS). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2023-07-07 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/896862 [access date]
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Spatial Extent: N:68.0167 E:-12.608 S:-45.7794 W:7.8667
Temporal Extent: 1983-03-05 - 2021-07-30
Principal Investigator:
Nico Lange (GEOMAR Kiel, GEOMAR)
Co-Principal Investigator:
Heather Benway (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Björn Fiedler (GEOMAR Kiel, GEOMAR)
Danie Kinkade (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Toste Tanhua (GEOMAR Kiel, GEOMAR)
Scientist:
Marta Álvarez (Spanish National Research Council, IEO-CSIC)
Alice Benoit-Cattin (Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland, MRI)
Pier Luigi Buttigieg (GEOMAR Kiel, GEOMAR)
Laurent Coppola (Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche CNRS, LOV-CNRS)
Kim I. Currie (New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, NIWA)
Susana Flecha (Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, IMEDEA-UIB-CSIC)
Makio C Honda (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, JAMSTEC)
Emma I. Huertas (Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucia CSIC, ICMAN-CSIC)
Arne Körtzinger (GEOMAR Kiel, GEOMAR)
Siv Kari Lauvset (NORCE Norwegian Research Center AS, NORCE)
Frank Muller-Karger (University of South Florida, USF)
Kevin M. O'Brien (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA-PMEL)
Sólveig Ólafsdóttir (Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland, MRI)
Fernando Carvalho Pacheco (University of Hawaii at Manoa, SOEST)
Digna Rueda-Roa (University of South Florida, USF)
Ingunn Skjelvan (NORCE Norwegian Research Center AS, NORCE)
Masahide Wakita (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, JAMSTEC)
Angelicque E. White (University of Hawaii at Manoa, SOEST)
BCO-DMO Data Manager:
Dana Stuart Gerlach (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)
Version:
1
Version Date:
2023-07-07
Restricted:
No
Validated:
Yes
Current State:
Under revision
Synthesis Product for Ocean Time Series (SPOTS)
Abstract:
The presented time-series data synthesis pilot product includes data from 12 fixed ship-based time-series programs. The related stations represent unique marine environments within the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Nordic Seas, and Caribbean Sea. The focus of the pilot has been placed on biogeochemical essential ocean variables: dissolved oxygen, dissolved inorganic nutrients, inorganic carbon (pH, total alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon, and partial pressure of CO2), particulate matter, and dissolved organic carbon. The time-series used include a variety of temporal resolutions (monthly, seasonal, or irregular), time ranges (10 to 36 years), and bottom depths (80 to 6000 meters), with the oldest samples dating back to 1983 and the most recent one corresponding to 2021. Besides having been harmonized into the same format (semantics, ancillary data, units), the data were subjected to a qualitative assessment in which the applied methods were evaluated and categorized. Additional data-quality descriptors include precision and accuracy estimates. This data product pilot facilitates a variety of applications that benefit from the collective value of biogeochemical time-series observations and forms the basis for a sustained time-series living data product, complementing relevant products for the global interior ocean carbon data (GLobal Ocean Data Analysis Project), global surface ocean carbon data (Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas; SOCAT), and global interior and surface methane and nitrous oxide data (MarinE MethanE and NiTrous Oxide product).