NE Atlantic Ocean CTD Cast Data with Hydrochemical Measurements, 1983-1986

From 29 January 1983 to 07 June 1986, CTD casts collected temperature, hydrochemical, and other data in the NE Atlantic Ocean. The dataset includes measurements for chlorophyll a, salinity, irradiance, temperature, pressure, conductivity, and oxygen. Data are formatted to the British Oceanographic Data Center (BODC) standard and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical water column profiles based on pressure, temperature, and salinity data.
• Study phytoplankton biomass distribution based on chlorophyll a concentration measurements.
• Investigate water mass properties and mixing based on potential temperature and sigma-theta.
• Assess light penetration and optical properties based on downwelling irradiance and potential transmittance.
• Examine dissolved oxygen dynamics based on oxygen concentration and percent saturation.

Strengths

• Covers a multi-year time series from 1983 to 1986.
• Includes a diverse set of hydrochemical and physical measurements as described.
• Data are formatted to a recognized standard (BODC).

Limitations

• Last updated 1986-06-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected from CTD casts.

Time Range

1983-01-29 to 1986-06-07

Freshness

Historical dataset; last data point from 1986.

Geography

NE Atlantic Ocean