Underway fCO2 measurements collected September 2014 onboard the RTM Wakmatha on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

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.

本数据集采集自FutureReef MAP项目，该项目为期三年，旨在沿大堡礁（Great Barrier Reef）全线监测海洋化学状况。FutureReef MAP项目由力拓铝业（Rio Tinto Alcan）资助，大堡礁基金会负责管理，并由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）提供等额联合投资。本项目是大堡礁首个依托力拓旗下船舶“RTM Wakmatha”搭建的大规模二氧化碳观测系统。本研究旨在获取该区域二氧化碳吸收量及海洋酸化变化控制因子的相关数据，可为评估大堡礁珊瑚礁对海洋酸化的脆弱性提供基础数据。本数据集包含经过质量控制的走航观测数据，涵盖二氧化碳逸度（fugacity of CO2）、大气压力、海表温度及盐度。本数据集的管理与分发工作得到了CSIRO碳协作集群（CSIRO Carbon Collaboration Cluster）以及澳大利亚沿海生态系统设施（Australian Coastal Ecosystem Facility）的支持。