Florida Big Bend Coastal Ocean Measurements 2010-2011

NASA collected in-situ oceanographic measurements along the Big Bend Wildlife Preservation area of Florida's Gulf Coast. The dataset captures physical and chemical properties of the coastal environment over a two-year period. Data is provided in BIN and ISO file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal changes in ocean temperature and salinity along a protected coastline.
• Studying relationships between ocean optics (light penetration) and chemical properties in coastal waters.
• Establishing a baseline for water quality monitoring in the Big Bend Wildlife Preservation area.
• Correlating in-situ ocean chemistry measurements with potential remote sensing data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative NASA organization.
• Provides a focused temporal snapshot from 2010 and 2011.
• Covers multiple interrelated oceanographic variables (chemistry, optics, temperature, salinity).

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: row count, column names, and specific measurement methods are unknown.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.
• Data freshness is unclear as the 2026 update date appears to be a system artifact.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

In-situ measurements made along the coastal transect.

Time Range

2010 to 2011

Freshness

Last platform update recorded as 2026-03-13, but this is likely erroneous; actual data is from 2010-2011.

Geography

Big Bend Wildlife Preservation area, Florida Gulf Coast