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Trans-Pacific ΔfCO2
In 2004, the CO2 group at PMEL began deploying underway pCO2 systems on container ships transiting from Long Beach, California to Australia and New Zealand, allowing us to document the annual and seasonal changes in surface pCO2 all the way across the equatorial Pacific basin.
Underway pCO2 data collected along 18 trans-Pacific transects indicate significant seasonal differences in both the northern and southern hemisphere, with the higher fCO2 values occurring in the respective warm seasons – April through September in the North, and October through March in the South. The seasonal differences are significant in both the northern and southern pacific, but out of phase by 6 months.
Container ships measuring underway pCO2 since 2004:
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Alpha Ship Columbus Waikato February 2004 - 8/2006  |
Hamburg Sud Albert Rickmers September - October, 2007 January - March, 2010  |
Alpha Ship Cap Van Diemen September - October, 2008  |
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Hamburg Sud Natalie Schulte September 2010 - June 2012  |
Hamburg Sud Cap Vilano February 2013 - May 2013  |
Hamburg Sud Cap Blanche January 2014 - September 2018  |
Data can be accessed from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and from the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)
Details and links to data for each cruise are also listed in this table:
Plots of surface pCO2 collected on VOS ships are shown below.
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fCO2 |
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3/3 to 3/16, 2004 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2004_02.csv cw2004_02_ReadMe cw2004_02_tsg.csv |
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6/10 to 6/23, 2004 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2004_06.csv cw2004_06_ReadMe cw2004_06_tsg.csv |
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9/20 to 10/4, 2004 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2004_09.csv cw2004_09_ReadMe cw2004_09_tsg.csv |
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11/12 to 11/24, 2004 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2004_11.csv cw2004_11_ReadMe cw2004_11_tsg.csv |
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11/26 to 12/1, 2004 Columbus Waikato (New Zealand to Australia) cw2004_11_anz.csv cw2004_11_anz_ReadMe cw2004_11_anz_tsg.csv |
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1/12 to 1/21, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Australia to New Zealand) cw2005_01_anz.csv cw2005_01_anz_ReadMe cw2005_01_anz_tsg.csv |
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1/24 to 2/5, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_01.csv cw2005_01_ReadMe cw2005_01_tsg.csv |
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2/16 to 2/28, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_02.csv cw2005_02_ReadMe cw2005_02_tsg.csv |
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3/1 to 3/5, 2005 Columbus Waikato (New Zealand to Australia) cw2005_03_anz.csv cw2005_03_anz_ReadMe cw2005_03_anz_tsg.csv |
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4/6 to 4/17, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_04.csv cw2005_04_ReadMe cw2005_04_tsg.csv |
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4/19 to 4/21, 2005 Columbus Waikato (New Zealand to Australia) cw2005_04_anz.csv cw2005_04_anz_ReadMe cw2005_04_anz_tsg.csv |
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7/2 to 7/15, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_07.csv cw2005_07_ReadMe cw2005_07_tsg.csv |
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7/16 to 7/27, 2005 Columbus Waikato (New Zealand to Australia) cw2005_07_anz.csv cw2005_07_anz_ReadMe cw2005_07_anz_tsg.csv |
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8/17 to 8/31, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_08.csv cw2005_08_ReadMe cw2005_08_tsg.csv |
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9/2 to 9/5, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Australia to New Zealand) cw2005_09_anz.csv cw2005_09_anz_ReadMe cw2005_09_anz_tsg.csv |
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9/23 to 10/8, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_09.csv cw2005_09_ReadMe cw2005_09_tsg.csv |
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10/10 to 10/12, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Australia to New Zealand) cw2005_10_anz.csv cw2005_10_anz_ReadMe cw2005_10_anz_tsg.csv |
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11/1 to 11/16, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2005_11.csv cw2005_11_ReadMe cw2005_11_tsg.csv |
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11/18 to 11/23, 2005 Columbus Waikato (Australia to New Zealand) cw2005_11_anz.csv cw2005_11_anz_ReadMe cw2005_11_anz_tsg.csv |
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1/3 to 1/15, 2006 Columbus Waikato (Pacific Transit) cw2006_01.csv cw2006_01_ReadMe cw2006_01_tsg.csv |
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9/23 to 10/4, 2007 Albert Rickmers (Pacific Transit) AR0709.csv AR0709_ReadMe ar0709_tsg.csv |
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10/29 to 11/10, 2007 Albert Rickmers (Pacific Transit) AR0710.csv AR0710_ReadMe ar0710_tsg.csv |
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11/4 to 11/15, 2008 Cap Van Diemen (Pacific Transit) CVDM2008_11.csv |
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3/19 to 4/1, 2010 Albert Rickmers (Pacific Transit) AR2010_03.csv |
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10/1 to 10/13, 2010 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2010_09.csv NS2010_09_ReadMe |
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11/25 to 12/8, 2010 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2010_11.csv NS2010_11_ReadMe |
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March, 2011 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2011_03.csv NS2011_03_ReadMe |
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May, 2011 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2011_05.csv NS2011_05_ReadMe |
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July, 2011 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2011_07.csv NS2011_07_ReadMe |
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September, 2011 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2011_09.csv NS2011_09_ReadMe |
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November, 2011 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2011_11.csv NS2011_11_ReadMe |
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February, 2012 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2012_02.csv NS2012_02_ReadMe |
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April, 2012 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2012_04.csv NS2012_04_ReadMe |
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June, 2012 Natalie Schulte (Pacific Transit) NS2012_06.csv NS2012_06_ReadMe |
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February, 2013 Cap Vilano (Pacific Transit) CV2013_02.csv CV2013_02 Metadata |
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March, 2013 Cap Vilano (Pacific Transit) CV2013_03.csv CV2013_03 Metadata |
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May, 2013 Cap Vilano (Pacific Transit) CV2013_05.csv CV2013_05 Metadata |
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February, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_02.csv CB2014_02 Metadata |
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March, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_03.csv CB2014_03 Metadata |
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May, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_05.csv CB2014_05 Metadata |
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July, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_07.csv CB2014_07 Metadata |
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September, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_09.csv CB2014_09 Metadata |
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November, 2014 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2014_11.csv CB2014_11 Metadata |
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March, 2015 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2015_03.csv CB2015_03 Metadata |
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May, 2015 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2015_05.csv CB2015_05 Metadata |
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September, 2015 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2015_09.csv CB2015_09 Metadata |
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November, 2015 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2015_11.csv CB2015_11 Metadata |
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March, 2016 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2016_03.csv CB2016_03 Metadata |
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May, 2016 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2016_05.csv CB2016_05 Metadata |
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August, 2016 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2016_08.csv CB2016_08 Metadata |
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October, 2016 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2016_10.csv CB2016_10 Metadata |
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January, 2017 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2017_01.csv CB2017_01 Metadata |
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March, 2017 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2017_03.csv CB2017_03 Metadata |
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May, 2017 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2017_05.csv CB2017_05 Metadata |
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November, 2017 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2017_11.csv CB2017_11 Metadata |
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January, 2018 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2018_01.csv CB2018_01 Metadata |
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March, 2018 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2018_03.csv CB2018_03 Metadata |
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May, 2018 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2018_05.csv CB2018_05 Metadata |
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July, 2018 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2018_07.csv CB2018_07 Metadata |
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September, 2018 Cap Blanche (Pacific Transit) CB2018_09.csv CB2018_09 Metadata |
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