Northwest Atlantic Ocean Hydrophysical and Hydrochemical Data from 1992-1996

Northwest Atlantic Ocean data collected from NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV and R/V ENDEAVOR between July 1992 and June 1996. The dataset contains hydrophysical and hydrochemical measurements from bottle, CTD, and XBT casts, submitted by Dr. Thomas B. Sanford from the University of Washington.

Use Cases

• Analyze ocean water column properties based on CTD cast data mentioned in the description.
• Study regional hydrochemical variability based on bottle cast measurements.
• Model ocean temperature profiles based on XBT cast data.
• Investigate temporal changes in the Northwest Atlantic based on the multi-year collection period.

Strengths

• Data collected over a multi-year period from 1992-07-12 to 1996-06-11.
• Includes measurements from multiple instrument types: bottle, CTD, and XBT casts.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 1996-06-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Dr. Thomas B. Sanford, University of Washington; NOAA_NCEI.

Collection Method

Data collected using bottle, CTD, and XBT casts from research vessels.

Time Range

1992-07-12 to 1996-06-11

Freshness

1996-06-11 00:00:00

Geography

Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W)