gov.noaa.nodc:0253461 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-07-28T13:36:17Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, water temperature, salinity and other variables collected from time series observations from Mooring Kangaroo_Island_35S_136E deployed in the South Australian Basin near Kangaroo_Island (NCEI Accession 0253461) 2022-05-13 publication 2026-01-15 revision 2022-05-11 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.25921/c2ry-gk21 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0253461 NCEI Archive Management System 0253461 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Bronte Tilbrook Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) resourceProvider Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) resourceProvider Bronte Tilbrook Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) bronte.tilbrook@csiro.au principalInvestigator Craig Neill Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) principalInvestigator Erik van Ooijen Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) principalInvestigator Abe Passmore Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) principalInvestigator James Black Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) principalInvestigator Tilbrook, Bronte Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author Neill, Craig Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author van Ooijen, Erik Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author Passmore, Abe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author Black, James Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization author Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) contributor tableDigital This dataset includes chemical, meteorological, physical time series data collected from Mooring Kangaroo_Island_35S_136E deployed in the South Australian Basin near Kangaroo_Island, from 2012-02-08 to 2025-05-26. These data include mole fraction of CO2 in the equilibrator head space, mole fraction of CO2 in the atmosphere, fugacity of carbon dioxide at surface water, corrected for water vapour at surface water salinity and temperature, delta fCO2 = (fCO2_WET_SW - fCO2_WET_AIR), atmospheric pressure, equilibrator pressure, sea surface temperature, equilibrator temperature and sea surface salinity. Measurements in the dataset are made with a Battelle Seaology pCO2 monitoring system (MApCO2), a Seabird SBE16plusV2 CTD, mounted on a surface buoy similar to the system described in Sutton et al. (2014), with an Aanderaa optode used to measure dissolved oxygen concentrations. The seawater sensor intakes for the MapCO2, SBE16Plus V2 and the optode are located at about 1m water depth. The CO2 measurement uses a bubble equilibrator (Sutton et al., 2014), where the air from the equilibrator headspace is circulated through a LI-COR 820 non-dispersive infrared detector (NDIR) for measurement of CO2. The system carries out an automated measurement sequence every 2 or 3 hours, depending on the instrumentation setup. At the beginning of each measurement sequence, the NDIR undergoes a two point calibration with a zero CO2 gas and a high CO2 standard span gas (typically 450-550 micromol/mol), which bracket the range of CO2 mole fractions in seawater and air. The zero CO2 gas is generated by cycling air through a soda lime chamber and silica gel to remove CO2 and water vapour, respectively. The CO2 span gas is prepared by the NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory in the USA and calibrated on the WMO X2007 scale with a standard deviation of 0.06 micromol/mol. Each measurement cycle of zero and span gas, equilibrator headspace, and air takes 20 minutes with the equilibrator headspace measurement occurring at about 17 minutes followed by the air measurement. The pressure measurements are considered the same for the equilibrator headspace gas and air measurements due to the design of the MapCO2 system (Sutton et al., 2014) as are the temperature and salinity of the surface seawater and the equilibrator measured by the Seabird SBE16PlusV2. To understand the air-sea flux of heat and CO2 in the Tasman Sea Funding Information: CSIRO, Australia (Integrated Marine Observing System, CSIRO, Australia) completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 0253461 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Indian Ocean South Australian Basin place Provider Geographic Names accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Tilbrook, Bronte; Neill, Craig; van Ooijen, Erik; Passmore, Abe; Black, James (2022). Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, water temperature, salinity and other variables collected from time series observations from Mooring Kangaroo_Island_35S_136E deployed in the South Australian Basin near Kangaroo_Island (NCEI Accession 0253461). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/c2ry-gk21. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession. 2026-01-15T20:47:29Z NCEI Accession 0253461 v5.5 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0253461/5.5 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0253461 v5.5 published 2026-01-15T20:47:29Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: Mole fraction of CO2 in the equilibrator head space; Abbreviation: XCO2_DRY_SW; Unit: [μmol/mol]; Controlled vocabulary name: partial pressure of carbon dioxide - water; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation; Detailed sampling and analyzing information: Measurements are made with a Battelle Seaology pCO2 monitoring system (MApCO2), a Seabird SBE16plusV2 CTD, mounted on a surface buoy similar to the system described in Sutton et al. (2014), with an Aanderaa optode used to measure dissolved oxygen concentrations. The seawater sensor intakes for the MapCO2, SBE16Plus V2 and the optode are located at about 1m water depth. The CO2 measurement uses a bubble equilibrator (Sutton et al., 2014), where the air from the equilibrator headspace is circulated through a LI-COR 820 non-dispersive infrared detector (NDIR) for measurement of CO2. The system carries out an automated measurement sequence every 2 or 3 hours, depending on the instrumentation setup. At the beginning of each measurement sequence, the NDIR undergoes a two point calibration with a zero CO2 gas and a high CO2 standard span gas (typically 450-550 micromol/mol), which bracket the range of CO2 mole fractions in seawater and air. The zero CO2 gas is generated by cycling air through a soda lime chamber and silica gel to remove CO2 and water vapour, respectively. The CO2 span gas is prepared by the NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory in the USA and calibrated on the WMO X2007 scale with a standard deviation of 0.06 micromol/mol (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccl/airstandard.html). Each measurement cycle of zero and span gas, equilibrator headspace, and air takes 20 minutes with the equilibrator headspace measurement occurring at about 17 minutes followed by the air measurement. The pressure measurements are considered the same for the equilibrator headspace gas and air measurements due to the design of the MapCO2 system (Sutton et al., 2014) as are the temperature and salinity of the surface seawater and the equilibrator measured by the Seabird SBE16PlusV2.; Method reference: Sutton, A.J., Sabine, C.L., Maenner-Jones, S., Lawrence-Slavas, N., Meinig, C., Feely, R.A., Mathis, J.T., Musielewicz, S., Bott, R., McLain, P.D., Fought, J., Kozyr, A., 2014. A high-frequency atmospheric and seawater pCO2 data set from 14 open ocean sites using a moored autonomous system. Earth Sys. Sci. Data, 6, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-353-2014, 353-366. Parameter or Variable: Mole fraction of CO2 in the atmosphere; Abbreviation: XCO2_DRY_AIR; Unit: [mmol/mol]; Observation type: underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Fugacity of carbon dioxide at surface water, corrected for water vapour at surface water salinity and temperature; Abbreviation: fCO2_WET_SW; Unit: μatm; Controlled vocabulary name: Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide - atmosphere; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Delta fCO2 = (fCO2_WET_SW - fCO2_WET_AIR); Abbreviation: DfCO2; Unit: μatm; Observation type: surface underway Parameter or Variable: Atmospheric pressure; Abbreviation: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; Unit: kPa; Controlled vocabulary name: Barometric Pressure; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Equilibrator pressure; Abbreviation: EQUILIBRATOR PRESSURE; Unit: kPa; Controlled vocabulary name: Equilibrator pressure; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Sea surface temperature; Abbreviation: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; Unit: [Deg. C]; Controlled vocabulary name: Sea surface temperature; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Sea surface salinity; Abbreviation: SALINITY; Controlled vocabulary name: SALINITY; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation Parameter or Variable: Equilibrator temperature; Abbreviation: EQUILIBRATOR TEMPERATURE; Unit: degC; Controlled vocabulary name: Equilibrator temperature; Observation type: surface underway; In-situ / Manipulation / Response variable: in-situ observation asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bubble type equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement bubble type equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement This type of equilibrators are often used on buoys. Developed by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the h-shaped bubble equilibrator does not require a water pump to spray water from the top. see Takahashi 1961 for more information. carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer measures gaseous carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide gas analyzer has often been referred to as LI-COR, because a lot of researchers choose to use products manufactured by LI-COR incorporation for their carbon dioxide measurement. The main component of a carbon dioxide analyzer is a nondispersive infrared (NDIR) spectroscopic sensors to detect CO2 in a gaseous environment by its characteristic absorption. Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer works together with carbon dioxide (CO2) equilibrator (insttypes_id 184) to measure carbon dioxide in the water. To measure water carbon dioxide, water needs to be continuously supplied to a showerhead inside an equilibrator. As the water flows through the equilibrator chamber, dissolved carbon dioxide exchanges quickly with air in the headspace. This air is then sampled by the carbon dioxide analyzer to determine the mole fraction of CO2 in water. salinometer salinometer generic salinometer use salinometer when the instrument type used is unclear but the data include salinity measurements temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature. FIXED STATIONS OF AUSTRALIA FIXED STATIONS OF AUSTRALIA