NOAA F022 CTD Profiles from the NE Pacific, 1969

August 20 to September 17, 1969, high-resolution oceanographic data was collected via CTD/STD probe from the NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN in the NE Pacific. The data, processed to the NODC F022 standard, likely contains nearly continuous vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, density, and possibly dissolved oxygen or transmissivity. Cruise information, position, date, time, and environmental conditions at the time of each cast are also reported.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical ocean structure based on high-resolution temperature and salinity profiles.
• Studying historical oceanographic conditions in the NE Pacific during late summer 1969.
• Validating or calibrating regional ocean models using in-situ conductivity-temperature-depth data.
• Investigating relationships between surface meteorological conditions and subsurface water properties reported for each cast.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a documented, standard format (NODC High-Resolution F022).
• Provides high-resolution vertical profiles, with depth intervals potentially as fine as 1 meter.
• Includes contextual metadata for each station, such as position, time, and environmental conditions.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing or conflicting: row count, file size, specific column names, and license are unknown.
• The last update date conflicts between sources (1969 vs. 2026), creating uncertainty about provenance tracking.
• Data values may have undergone averaging, filtering, or interpolation, the specifics of which are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

National Marine Fisheries Service, La Jolla, CA; processed by NODC.

Collection Method

Collected using a Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) probe from a NOAA research vessel.

Time Range

1969-08-20 to 1969-09-17

Freshness

2026-04-01 15:03:04.022907

Geography

NE Pacific (limit-180)