Cefas NMP 1996 Cruise Data: North Sea Station Measurements

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) conducted National Marine Monitoring Programme cruises in 1996. The data includes station locations, physical measurements like salinity and temperature, and analysis results from sediment and water bottle samples collected in the North Sea, English Channel, and Irish Sea. This dataset represents one year of a monitoring series that ran from 1992 to 1997.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial patterns of water quality based on station location and salinity/temperature data.
• Model relationships between physical measurements and sediment chemistry from the described sample analysis.
• Conduct time-series analysis of marine conditions by integrating this 1996 data with other years in the monitoring series.

Strengths

• Data collected by a government science agency (Cefas) under a national monitoring program.
• Includes multiple data types: station locations, physical measurements, and sample analysis.
• Covers a defined geographic area (North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea) and temporal scope (1996).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)

Collection Method

Field measurements and sample collection during RV Cirolana monitoring cruises.

Time Range

1996

Freshness

Data is from 1996; it is a historical snapshot.

Geography

North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea