Processed CTD Cast Data from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) casts were collected aboard the R/V Ocean Veritas 06 from June 26 to June 28, 2010. The dataset contains processed and quality-checked physical oceanographic parameters, including temperature, conductivity, depth, dissolved oxygen, and fluorometry, gathered to support the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). It is provided by NOAA NCEI as a series of NetCDF files.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of seawater temperature and salinity in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Correlating fluorometry data with potential chlorophyll or oil fluorescence signals post-spill.
• Using depth and dissolved oxygen measurements to assess water column stratification and health.
• Guiding sample collection strategies for environmental damage assessment based on CTD cast locations.

Strengths

• Data has been processed and quality checked, as stated in all source descriptions.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA EarthData and Data.gov signals its importance and curation.
• Provides a specific temporal focus on the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon event.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: one source lists a last updated date of 2026-03-05, while another lists 2010-06-28.
• No concrete row count, file size, or detailed column names are provided by any platform.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

CTD measurements collected onboard the R/V Ocean Veritas 06.

Time Range

2010-06-26 to 2010-06-28

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:13:52.388867

Geography

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