Seafloor Conductivity Temperature and Pressure Measurements from Gulf of Cadiz

November 2009 through July 2010 data contains sea bottom Conductivity, Temperature, and Pressure measurements acquired about 1 meter above the seabed. It was collected by a SBE 16plus sensor installed on a GEOSTAR seafloor platform at the Iberian Margin site. The dataset is part of the ESONET-NOE-LIDO project within the EMSO network and was contributed by SCIOPS.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in sea bottom Temperature and Conductivity to study seasonal variations over the 9-month period.
• Correlate Pressure data with tidal cycles or deep-sea current activity at the Iberian Margin site.
• Validate or calibrate regional oceanographic models using the high-resolution (1 sample/hour) CTD time-series data.
• Investigate relationships between the three measured parameters (Conductivity, Temperature, Pressure) for water mass characterization.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a continuous 9-month period from November 2009 to July 2010.
• High temporal resolution with measurements recorded at 1 sample per hour.
• Specific geographic context provided for the Iberian Margin site in the Gulf of Cadiz.

Limitations

• Sample size (number of rows) and data volume are unknown.
• Limited temporal coverage to less than one full annual cycle.
• No column-level metadata or sample data is available for validation.

Provenance

Source

ESONET-NOE-LIDO project, part of the EMSO (European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory) network.

Collection Method

Acquired via a SBE 16plus sensor installed on a GEOSTAR seafloor platform.

Time Range

November 2009 through July 2010

Freshness

Data collection ended in July 2010; it is a historical snapshot.

Geography

Iberian Margin site in the Gulf of Cadiz.