Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, temperature, salinity and other variables collected from surface underway observations using carbon dioxide gas analyzer, shower head equilibrator and other instruments from SOOP M/V Las Cuevas cruises in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea from 20

In 2009, the Global Carbon Group at NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), in collaboration with Methanol Holdings LTD and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), outfitted the commercial tanker Las Cuevas with an automated system to measure surface pCO2, temperature and salinity levels in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea (http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/gcc/lascuevas_introduction.php). This data set archive is the Sea Surface and Atmospheric fCO2 data measured in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea during the M/V Las Cuevas 2009 SOOP cruises.2009年，美国国家海洋和大气管理局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，简称NOAA）下属的大西洋海洋与气象实验室（Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory，简称AOML）全球碳小组，联合甲醇控股有限公司（Methanol Holdings LTD）与美国国家航空航天局（National Aeronautics and Space Administration，简称NASA），为商用油轮"拉斯库埃瓦斯号"（Las Cuevas）加装了一套自动化观测系统，用于测量大西洋、墨西哥湾及加勒比海海域的表层二氧化碳分压（pCO2）、海水温度与盐度水平（http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/ocd/gcc/lascuevas_introduction.php）。本数据集存档的为2009年"拉斯库埃瓦斯号"（M/V Las Cuevas）机遇观测船（Ship of Opportunity，简称SOOP）巡航任务期间，在墨西哥湾与加勒比海海域采集的海表及大气二氧化碳逸度（fCO2）观测数据。