Ocean CTD Profiles from Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific, 1991
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Description
Gulf of Mexico and NE Pacific data contains high-resolution oceanographic profiles from 7 CTD casts conducted by NOAA ships DISCOVERER, MT. MITCHELL, and WHITING between May 27 and September 5, 1991. The National Ocean Service submitted the processed data, which includes near-continuous measurements of temperature, salinity, density, and potentially dissolved oxygen or transmissivity at depth intervals as fine as 1 meter. Each cast is documented with cruise information, position, date, time, and environmental conditions.
Use Cases
Analyzing vertical profiles of seawater temperature and salinity for oceanographic research.
Studying water density (sigma-t) calculations to understand ocean stratification and currents.
Investigating potential correlations between dissolved oxygen/transmissivity measurements and biological activity.
Using geospatial position and time data to map oceanographic conditions from specific cruises.
Examining meteorological and sea surface condition data reported at the time of each cast for environmental context.
Strengths
Data provides high-resolution profiles with depth intervals as fine as 1 meter.
Collection includes 7 distinct casts from three NOAA research vessels, offering multiple sampling points.
Data is processed and available in a standardized format (NODC F022-CTD-Hi Resolution).
Limitations
Exact row count, column names, and file size are unknown from all sources.
Sources conflict on last updated date: datagov lists 2026-03-05, while nasa_earthdata lists 1991-09 05.
The dataset's temporal scope is limited to a single season in 1991.
Provenance
Source
National Ocean Service, Rockville, MD; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce.
Collection Method
Collected using Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) and SEACAT instruments lowered from NOAA ships.
Time Range
1991-05-27 to 1991-09-05
Freshness
2026-03-05 22:25:51.344439
Geography
Gulf of Mexico, NE Pacific (limit-180)
License information is not provided across any platform. Data was originally submitted on three diskettes and is available in the NODC F022-CTD-Hi Resolution file format.