Underway fCO2 measurements collected Dec 2012 (northbound leg) onboard the RTM Wakmatha on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

• Other Authors: Bronte Tilbrook (isManagedBy), CSIRO (isManagedBy)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• Subjects: GBR; Future Reef MAP; pCO2; underway; Environmental Monitoring; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/underway-fco2-measurements-reef-australia/443985; https://doi.org/10.4225/08/5386750A19FFF

Data were collected as part of the FutureReef MAP project, a three-year project designed to monitor ocean chemistry along the entire length of the Great Barrier Reef. The Future Reef MAP project is funded by Rio Tinto Alcan and administered by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, with an equal co-investment by CSIRO. The project is the first large-scale CO2 observing system established on the Great Barrier Reef using the Rio Tinto ship, RTM Wakmatha. The research is targeted at providing information on the CO2 uptake and the controls on ocean acidification change in the region. It is providing foundation data needed to assess the vulnerability of the GBR reefs to ocean acidification. This dataset contains quality controlled underway measurements of the fugacity of CO2, atmospheric pressure, and sea surface temperature and salinity. The data management and distribution of these data were supported by the CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster and the Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility.