Processed CTD Data from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

A series of NetCDF files contain processed and quality-checked Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) casts from NOAA Ship Pisces Cruise 10 Leg 1. Measurements include temperature, conductivity/salinity, depth, dissolved oxygen, and fluorometry. Data was collected to determine physical oceanographic parameters and guide sampling for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill assessment.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical water column profiles using temperature, conductivity, and depth data.
• Assessing potential oil spill dispersion patterns via fluorometry measurements.
• Studying dissolved oxygen levels to evaluate environmental stress from the spill event.
• Calibrating or validating oceanographic models with in-situ CTD data from a specific cruise.

Strengths

• Data has been processed and quality checked, as stated across all sources.
• Provides specific physical oceanographic parameters (temperature, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen, fluorometry) for analysis.
• Cross-platform presence on Data.gov and NASA EarthData indicates recognized importance and curation.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: last updated date is reported as 2026-03 05 on Data.gov and 2011-06-30 on NASA EarthData.
• Core dataset details like row count, file size, column names, and license are unknown across all sources.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Measurements collected aboard NOAA Ship Pisces using CTD instrumentation.

Time Range

2011-06-23 to 2011-06-30

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:46:28.848243

Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specifically Mississippi Canyon area associated with the Deepwater Horizon event.