Deepwater Horizon CTD Data from R/V American Diver Cruise 01

Conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, and fluorometry data were collected from July 21 to August 4, 2010, aboard the R/V American Diver. The dataset contains processed and quality-checked CTD casts from the Gulf of Mexico, collected as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It was processed by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of water column properties like temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen in the spill area.
• Correlating fluorometry data with biological activity or oil dispersion patterns in the Mississippi Canyon region.
• Using geospatial coordinates (latitude, longitude) to map the distribution of physical oceanographic parameters.
• Studying sea water density and pressure gradients to understand oceanographic conditions during the spill response.

Strengths

• Data has been processed and quality checked, as stated across all sources.
• Provides a specific time range of collection from 2010-07-21 to 2010-08-04.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA Earthdata and Data.gov indicates recognized importance and curation.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and specific column names are unknown across all sources.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist: one source shows 2010-08-04, while others show 2026-04-01, creating uncertainty about recent modifications.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected via Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) casts aboard the R/V American Diver.

Time Range

2010-07-21 to 2010-08-04

Freshness

2026-04-01 14:57:34.557292

Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specifically the Mississippi Canyon area.