Gulf of Mexico CTD Water Column Measurements from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter collected Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) data in the Gulf of Mexico from August 26 to September 9, 2010. This dataset provides processed and quality-checked water column profiles associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event. The final product is a netCDF file containing every CTD cast.

Use Cases

• Model water column stratification using processed conductivity, temperature, and depth profiles.
• Analyze temporal changes in oceanographic parameters like temperature and salinity over the two-week cruise.
• Validate hydrodynamic models of the Gulf of Mexico with quality-checked CTD cast data.
• Correlate physical oceanographic parameters with biological or chemical sampling depths from the same event.

Strengths

• Data is processed and quality-checked, as stated in the description.
• Covers a specific 15-day time range during a critical environmental event.

Limitations

• Dataset is marked as provisional data, indicating it may not be final.
• Specific row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

CTD measurements collected aboard NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter.

Time Range

2010-08 26 to 2010-09-09.

Freshness

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Geography

Gulf of Mexico.