Frontiers in Marine Science (Sep 2021)

Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean: Data Collection and Legacy

  • Gerd Krahmann,
  • Damian L. Arévalo-Martínez,
  • Andrew W. Dale,
  • Marcus Dengler,
  • Anja Engel,
  • Nicolaas Glock,
  • Nicolaas Glock,
  • Patricia Grasse,
  • Patricia Grasse,
  • Johannes Hahn,
  • Johannes Hahn,
  • Helena Hauss,
  • Mark J. Hopwood,
  • Rainer Kiko,
  • Rainer Kiko,
  • Alexandra N. Loginova,
  • Alexandra N. Loginova,
  • Carolin R. Löscher,
  • Marie Maßmig,
  • Alexandra-Sophie Roy,
  • Renato Salvatteci,
  • Renato Salvatteci,
  • Stefan Sommer,
  • Toste Tanhua,
  • Hela Mehrtens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.723304
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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From 2008 to 2019, a comprehensive research project, ‘SFB 754, Climate – Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean,’ was funded by the German Research Foundation to investigate the climate-biogeochemistry interactions in the tropical ocean with a particular emphasis on the processes determining the oxygen distribution. During three 4-year long funding phases, a consortium of more than 150 scientists conducted or participated in 34 major research cruises and collected a wealth of physical, biological, chemical, and meteorological data. A common data policy agreed upon at the initiation of the project provided the basis for the open publication of all data. Here we provide an inventory of this unique data set and briefly summarize the various data acquisition and processing methods used.

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