High-Resolution CTD Casts from NOAA Ship Whiting in the Gulf of Mexico

Seven high-resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth casts provide nearly continuous profiles of ocean properties like temperature and salinity. Data was collected by NOAA Ship Whiting in the Gulf of Mexico between April and July 1992. The National Ocean Service submitted the processed data, available in the NODC F022 format.

Use Cases

• Modeling salinity from conductivity and temperature measurements at specified depth intervals.
• Analyzing the vertical density structure (sigma-t) across different stations in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Correlating cast-specific environmental data, such as meteorological conditions, with observed oceanographic profiles.
• Studying temporal changes in water column properties over the cruise period from April to July 1992.

Strengths

• High-resolution profiles with data potentially reported at depth intervals as fine as 1 meter.
• Each cast record includes cruise information, position, date, time, and sampling interval for contextual analysis.

Limitations

• Limited spatial and temporal scope from only 7 casts over a 3.5-month period in 1992.
• Unknown sample size and row count for statistical robustness assessment.
• Data is over 30 years old, limiting analysis of current ocean conditions.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), submitted by the National Ocean Service.

Collection Method

Collected via SEACAT Conductivity-Temperature-Depth instruments deployed from NOAA Ship Whiting.

Time Range

1992-04-02 to 1992-07-14

Freshness

1992-07-14

Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specific stations from the WHITING cruise.