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Data description article
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15 Jul 2026
Data description article |
| 15 Jul 2026
| 15 Jul 2026
CARIMED (CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea): a ship-based data synthesis product – overview and quality control procedures
Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña (COAC-IEO), CSIC, A Coruña, 15001, Spain
Maribel I. García-Ibáñez
Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares (COB-IEO), CSIC, Palma de Mallorca, 07015, Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Nico Lange
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
Alex Kozyr
National Centers for Environmental Information, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, United States
Antón Velo
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, Vigo, 36208, Spain
Toste Tanhua
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Giuseppe Civitarese
OGS-National Institut of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy
Carolina Cantoni
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Rome/Trieste/Venice, Italy
Malek Belgacem
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Rome/Trieste/Venice, Italy
International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project (IOCCP), Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
Katrin Schroeder
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Rome/Trieste/Venice, Italy
Rubén Acerbi
Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña (COAC-IEO), CSIC, A Coruña, 15001, Spain
Laurent Coppola
Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer (LOV), Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Thibaut Wagener
Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, MIO, Marseille, France
Noelia M. Fajar
Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña (COAC-IEO), CSIC, A Coruña, 15001, Spain
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, Vigo, 36208, Spain
Susana Flecha
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN), CSIC, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Michele Giani
OGS-National Institut of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy
Louisa Giannoudi
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR, Anavissos, Greece
Elisa F. Guallart
Centro Oceanográfico de A Coruña (COAC-IEO), CSIC, A Coruña, 15001, Spain
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Abed El Rahman Hassoun
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
National Council for Scientific Research, National Center for Marine Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon
Emma I. Huertas
Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía (ICMAN), CSIC, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Valeria Ibello
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Rome/Trieste/Venice, Italy
Middle East Technical University, Institute of Marine Sciences, Mersin, Turkey
Mehdia A. Keraghel
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement du Littoral, ENSSMAL, Algiers, Algeria
Férial Louanchi
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement du Littoral, ENSSMAL, Algiers, Algeria
Anna Luchetta
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Rome/Trieste/Venice, Italy
Fiz F. Pérez
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM), CSIC, Vigo, 36208, Spain
Carsten Schirnick
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Ekaterini Souvermezoglou
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR, Anavissos, Greece
Lidia Urbini
OGS-National Institut of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Trieste, Italy
Montserrat Vidal
Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
Patrizia Ziveri
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology (BABVE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Data sets
CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea (CARIMED) (NCEI Accession 0309255). Marta Álvarez et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/cp5b-zq67
CARIMED (CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea) aggregated original cruise data product [dataset] Maribel I. García-Ibáñez et al. https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/17785
Short summary
CARIMED (CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea) is a high-quality, FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) dataset integrating hydrographic, biogeochemical, and transient tracer data from 46 research cruises (1976–2018) across the Mediterranean Sea. The data underwent rigorous, basin-adapted quality control to remove systematic biases, unifying four decades of fragmented data, delivering two complementary products: the aggregated original cruise data product and the bias-adjusted data synthesis product.
CARIMED (CARbon, tracers, and ancillary data In the MEDiterranean Sea) is a high-quality, FAIR...
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