Arctic Ocean Measurements from Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in 2002

National Aeronautics and Space Administration collected oceanographic measurements from the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas north of Alaska in 2002. The dataset includes parameters related to ocean chemistry, optics, temperature, and salinity. It is available in BIN and ISO file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of sea surface temperature in the Arctic.
• Studying the relationship between ocean salinity and density in the Chukchi Sea.
• Investigating historical changes in ocean optical properties for climate modeling.
• Validating satellite-derived ocean color data with in-situ optical measurements.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Covers multiple oceanographic domains including temperature, salinity, chemistry, and optics.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and dataset size are not provided by any source.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on Data.gov, with no details.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Time Range

2002

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:42:31.113840

Geography

Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Arctic region north of Alaska