CTD Water Column Measurements from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Conductivity, temperature, and depth data were collected aboard the R/V Brooks McCall during a specific 3-day cruise from June 17 to 19, 2010, as part of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information processed and quality-checked the measurements, which include dissolved oxygen and fluorometry readings. The final data product consists of NetCDF files containing every processed CTD cast from that mission leg.

Use Cases

• Modeling oil plume dispersion by correlating fluorometry readings with temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing water column stratification using depth, temperature, and conductivity data from specific CTD casts.
• Assessing dissolved oxygen levels at various depths to evaluate potential hypoxia related to the spill event.
• Calibrating remote sensing data with in-situ conductivity and temperature measurements from the cruise.

Strengths

• Data is processed and quality-checked, as stated in the source description.
• Covers a specific, critical 3-day period (2010-06-17 to 2010-06 19) during the active spill response.

Limitations

• The exact number of CTD casts, rows of data, and file size are unknown.
• Data is from a single vessel over a very short temporal window, limiting spatial and temporal scope.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0130014).

Collection Method

CTD measurements collected onboard the R/V Brooks McCall during Cruise 08, Leg 1.

Time Range

2010-06-17 to 2010 -06-19.

Freshness

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Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specific locations of the Brooks McCall cruise track.