Palmer LTER Antarctic Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles, 2006

January-February 2006 temperature and salinity profile data collected west of the Antarctic Peninsula by the R/V Laurence M. Gould. This dataset supports the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (PAL-LTER) program for ecosystem and physical oceanography studies. The data covers a 400 km by 200 km area parallel to the coast, including the continental slope.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical temperature structure in Antarctic coastal waters.
• Studying salinity gradients and their influence on ocean circulation.
• Investigating physical oceanographic conditions for ecological research.
• Providing baseline data for long-term climate change studies in the Southern Ocean.

Strengths

• Data is part of a long-term ecological research (LTER) program, indicating systematic collection.
• Covers a defined geographic transect approximately 400 km long and 200 km offshore.

Limitations

• Exact column names, row count, and file size are unknown from all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date (2006-02-03 vs. 2026-04-01).

Provenance

Source

NOAA NCEI

Collection Method

Profiles collected by the R/V Laurence M. Gould.

Time Range

January 7 - February 3, 2006

Freshness

2026-04-01 15:02:53.552335

Geography

West of the Antarctic Peninsula, in a 400 km long by 200 km offshore area including the continental slope.