CTD Water Column Profiles from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

August 13-22, 2010 data comprises Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) measurements collected aboard the R/V HOS Davis during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The dataset includes parameters like dissolved oxygen and fluorometry, processed and quality-checked into NetCDF files by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. It was gathered during Cruise 1 Leg 1 to determine physical oceanographic conditions and guide spill-related sampling.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical profiles of temperature and salinity to model water mass structure in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Correlate fluorometry data with other spill indicators to trace dissolved hydrocarbon plumes.
• Use dissolved oxygen measurements to assess potential impacts of the spill on marine biogeochemistry.
• Integrate depth-calibrated conductivity data for calibrating remote sensing or autonomous vehicle sensors.

Strengths

• Data is processed and quality-checked, as stated in the description.
• Covers a specific, critical 10-day period during a major environmental event.

Limitations

• Exact row count, column details, and sample size are unknown.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single 10-day cruise in 2010.
• Geographic scope is confined to the Gulf of Mexico cruise track.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0128072).

Collection Method

CTD casts collected onboard the R/V HOS Davis, Cruise 01.

Time Range

2010-08-13 to 2010-08-22

Freshness

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Geography

Gulf of Mexico, specific cruise track of the HOS Davis.