CTD profile data of dissolved oxygen, CDOM, chlorophyll a, temperature, and salinity collected during the 2015 East Coast Ocean Acidification (ECOA) Cruise. The data were gathered by NOAA aboard the Gordon Gunter from Newport to Miami, covering 11 transects orthogonal to the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic coasts. The effort was in support of the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program's coastal monitoring objectives.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean acidification impacts based on carbon and physical parameter measurements.
- Analyzing coastal biogeochemical gradients based on orthogonal transect data.
- Studying relationships between dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, and temperature in coastal waters.
- Calibrating regional ocean acidification models with snapshot data from a specific cruise.
Strengths
- Data collected during a dedicated NOAA Ocean Acidification Program cruise designed for coastal monitoring.
- Includes a comprehensive set of underway measurements along the entire cruise transect.
- Profile data covers multiple key variables relevant to ocean acidification research.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2015-07-23 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Profile and continuous observations using CTD and other instruments from NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter.
- Time Range
- 2015-06-20 to 2015-07-23
- Freshness
- 2015-07-23 00:00:00
- Geography
- U.S. East Coast, from Newport to Miami, including the Gulf of Maine.