Penobscot Bay Optical Survey 2007-2008

2007 to 2008 measurements collected in Penobscot Bay. The dataset contains oceanographic data including chemistry, optics, temperature, and salinity/density, produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is available in BIN and ISO file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal changes in coastal ocean temperature.
• Studying relationships between ocean optics and chemical properties.
• Modeling salinity and density distributions in a bay environment.
• Calibrating satellite ocean color data with in-situ measurements.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific, defined time range from 2007 to 2008.
• Dataset is hosted by a major authoritative organization, NASA.
• It is available on multiple platforms, indicating established use.

Limitations

• Core metadata like row count, column names, and exact size are unavailable across all sources.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without details.
• The 2026 'last updated' date on Data.gov is implausible and conflicts with the 2007-2008 data period.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Measurements made in the Penobscot Bay.

Time Range

2007 to 2008

Freshness

2026-03-12 22:41:06.255315

Geography

Penobscot Bay