Bering Sea CTD and Current Meter Data from Fixed Platforms, 1998-2001

Physical, current, and other data were collected from fixed platforms in the Bering Sea from February 1998 to October 2001. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) gathered this data in support of the Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) project. Measurements include CTD parameters like temperature, salinity, and fluorescence, as well as current meter parameters like velocity components, speed, direction, turbidity, and pressure.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean currents and water mass movement based on East/West and North/South velocity components.
• Analyzing temperature and salinity profiles for oceanographic research based on CTD parameters.
• Investigating relationships between physical conditions and biological activity based on fluorescence data.
• Studying sediment transport or water clarity based on turbidity measurements from current meters.

Strengths

• Data collection spans over three and a half years, from 25 February 1998 to 10 October 2001.
• Includes a multi-parameter suite from both CTD (e.g., temperature, salinity) and current meter (e.g., velocity, turbidity) instruments.
• Data is self-documenting, which may aid in interpretation.

Limitations

• Data are not in standard formats, which may complicate ingestion and analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2001-10-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Collection Method

Collected from fixed platforms using CTD and current meter instruments.

Time Range

25 February 1998 to 10 October 2001

Freshness

Historical data; last updated in 2001.

Geography

Bering Sea