High-Resolution Atlantic Ocean Temperature Profiles 1993-1994

NODC-processed hydrographic data from the Physical Oceanography Field Program offshore North Carolina. The dataset contains high-resolution temperature, salinity, and density profiles collected via CTD, STD, BT, AXBT, and XBT casts from the USS SEA DRAGON and SEA EXPLORER vessels. Measurements were taken in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean between June 1993 and February 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical temperature and salinity gradients in the Northwest Atlantic using depth, temperature, and salinity columns.
• Studying seasonal oceanographic changes from June 1993 to February 1994 with date, time, and position data.
• Calibrating ocean models with high-resolution, instrument-calibrated profiles reported at intervals as fine as 1 meter.
• Investigating relationships between computed density (sigma-t) and other measured parameters like dissolved oxygen or transmissivity.

Strengths

• Data is processed to the NODC standard High-Resolution CTD/STD (F022) format, ensuring a consistent structure.
• Profiles provide nearly continuous measurements at depth intervals as fine as 1 meter, offering high vertical resolution.
• Includes ancillary environmental data such as meteorological and sea surface conditions recorded at the time of each cast.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: the last updated date is reported as both 1994-02-20 and 2026-03-05 across sources.
• No concrete row count, file size, or specific column names are provided by any source platform.
• The available file format is listed only as EXE, which is atypical for direct scientific data access.

Provenance

Source

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with support from the Physical Oceanography Field Program Offshore North Carolina project.

Collection Method

Data collected using BT, AXBT, XBT, CTD, and STD casts from vessels USS SEA DRAGON and SEA EXPLORER, then processed by NODC.

Time Range

1993-06-11 to 1994-02-20

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:59:52.985403

Geography

Northwest Atlantic Ocean, offshore North Carolina.