Oceanographic profiles contain measurements of phosphate, silicate, temperature, and zooplankton collected via bottle and high-resolution CTD casts. Data was gathered from the DANA and JAN MAYEN platforms in the Coastal North Atlantic and Arctic regions. The Institute of Marine Research collected this data in October 1995 as part of the Trans-Atlantic Study of Calanus (TASC) project.
Use Cases
- Analyze phosphate and silicate concentration gradients across ocean depths using CTD profile data.
- Correlate temperature profiles with nutrient measurements to study physical-biological coupling.
- Model zooplankton distribution in relation to silicate and phosphate availability from bottle cast samples.
- Validate regional oceanographic models for the Arctic using high-resolution CTD data from the 1995 TASC project.
Strengths
- Includes high-resolution CTD data for detailed vertical profiling.
- Covers multiple measurement types: nutrients (phosphate, silicate), temperature, and zooplankton.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to a single month in 1995, with no multi-year data.
- Sample size and row count are unknown, potentially limiting statistical power.
- Geographic coverage is specific to certain expeditions, not a global survey.
Provenance
- Source
- Institute of Marine Research; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0000566).
- Collection Method
- Measurements collected using bottle casts and high-resolution Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors from research vessels.
- Time Range
- 1995-10-18 to 1995-10-18.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Coastal North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean.