High-Resolution CTD Profiles from NOAA Ship WHITING in the NW Atlantic

Oceanographic profiles from 17 conductivity-temperature-depth casts collected by NOAA Ship WHITING in the Northwest Atlantic. The dataset contains high-resolution measurements of temperature, salinity, density, and other parameters from August 29 to November 21, 1993. Data is processed in the NODC F022 format and submitted by the National Ocean Service.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature and salinity to study water mass structure.
• Calculating density (sigma-t) from temperature and salinity measurements for stability analysis.
• Correlating oceanographic conditions with reported meteorological and sea surface data from the cast period.
• Examining spatial and temporal variability of physical parameters across 17 stations.

Strengths

• Data provides high-resolution profiles with potential sampling intervals as fine as 1 meter.
• Includes metadata for each station: cruise information, position, date, time, and sampling interval.
• Covers a specific geographic region (NW Atlantic limit-40 W) over a defined 3-month period in 1993.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and complete column list are unknown.
• Data may have undergone averaging, filtering, or interpolation during processing.
• Conflicting last update dates: Data.gov lists 2026-04-01, while NASA Earthdata lists 1993-11 21.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Collected using SEACAT high-resolution CTD instruments lowered and raised from NOAA Ship WHITING.

Time Range

1993-08-29 to 1993-11-21

Freshness

2026-04-01

Geography

NW Atlantic (limit-40 W)