Oceanographic Profiles from R/V New Horizon, North Pacific 1991

NOAA_NCEI provides physical and optical oceanographic profile data collected aboard the R/V NEW HORIZON. The data collection occurred in the North Pacific Ocean over a two-week period from April 26 to May 9, 1991. The dataset is archived under NCEI Accession 9300123 and published on the nasa_earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical water column properties like temperature and salinity (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Modeling light penetration and optical properties in the ocean (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Calibrating or validating satellite-derived ocean color data (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
• Sourced from NOAA_NCEI, a primary national environmental data archive.
• Has a precise temporal coverage from 1991-04-26 to 1991-05 09.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 1991-05-09 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data collected aboard the R/V NEW HORIZON.

Time Range

1991-04-26 to 1991-05-09

Freshness

1991-05-09 00:00:00

Geography

North Pacific Ocean