Bottle and CTD cast data collected during fisheries research cruises in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean from 1995 to 1998. The Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) of Argentina organized the cruises, and NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) archives the data.
Use Cases
- Analyzing vertical temperature and salinity profiles to identify water masses like Antarctic Intermediate Water.
- Correlating CTD cast measurements with fisheries survey data from the same cruises.
- Validating regional ocean model outputs against in-situ bottle and CTD observations.
- Studying temporal changes in oceanographic conditions over the four-year cruise period.
Strengths
- Data spans a four-year time range from 1995-01 04 to 1998-12-19.
- Includes measurements from multiple research platforms, providing spatial coverage.
Limitations
- The exact number of profiles, rows, and data volume is unknown.
- Data is over 25 years old and may not reflect current ocean conditions.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Accession 0143331.
- Collection Method
- Collected via bottle samples and Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts from ship platforms.
- Time Range
- 1995-01-04 to 1998-12-19.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.