Water Column CTD Measurements from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Conductivity, temperature, and depth data were collected aboard the R/V American Diver to guide sampling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The dataset contains processed and quality-checked CTD cast profiles from a single cruise leg in the Gulf of Mexico on August 31, 2010. It was created by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Modeling vertical profiles of salinity from conductivity and temperature measurements.
• Analyzing correlations between dissolved oxygen levels and fluorometry data as indicators of biological activity.
• Mapping the spatial distribution of water temperature anomalies following the Deepwater Horizon event.
• Calibrating hydrodynamic models with in-situ depth and conductivity data from the Gulf of Mexico.

Strengths

• Data has been processed and quality checked, as stated in the description.
• Contains multiple synchronized oceanographic parameters per cast (temperature, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen, fluorometry).

Limitations

• Dataset scope is limited to a single day (2010-08-31) from one cruise leg.
• The total number of CTD casts and data volume are unknown.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Measurements collected via shipboard Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) instrument casts.

Time Range

2010-08 31.

Freshness

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Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specific cruise track for R/V American Diver Cruise 2 Leg 1.