Gulf of Mexico Coastal Oceanographic Measurements from 1993

NASA collected oceanographic measurements along the Florida and Louisiana coasts of the Gulf of Mexico in 1993. The dataset captures multiple physical and chemical properties of the ocean. It is available in BIN and ISO file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of ocean temperature along the Gulf coast.
• Studying relationships between salinity and density in coastal waters.
• Investigating historical ocean optics and light penetration data.
• Modeling coastal ocean chemistry for the 1993 time period.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative NASA organization.
• Covers multiple key oceanographic variables: chemistry, optics, temperature, and salinity.
• Provides specific geographic coverage along the Florida and Louisiana coasts.

Limitations

• Key metadata like row count, column names, and exact size are unavailable across all sources.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.
• Data freshness is uncertain as the listed 2026 update date is likely a metadata error.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Measurements collected from the Gulf of Mexico.

Time Range

1993

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:47:31.674626 (Note: This future date from datagov is likely a system error, indicating unreliable freshness metadata.)

Geography

Gulf of Mexico along the Florida and Louisiana coasts.