Coastal Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles from U.S. East Coast, 1997

Temperature and salinity profiles were collected from CTD casts along the eastern coast of the U.S. from multiple research vessels from 14 February 1997 to 03 December 1997. Data are in the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) CTD exchange format. The dataset originates from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Study seasonal changes in coastal ocean conditions during 1997.
• Validate or calibrate regional oceanographic models using in-situ profile data.
• Investigate spatial variability along the U.S. eastern coastline from the collected casts.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific time range from 14 February 1997 to 03 December 1997.
• Profiles were collected along the eastern coast of the U.S., providing a defined geographic scope.
• Data is formatted according to a recognized standard (WHOI CTD exchange format).

Limitations

• Last updated 1997-12-03 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 from the R/V Whiting, Bay Hydrographer, and other platforms.

Time Range

1997-02-14 to 1997-12-03

Freshness

Last updated 1997-12-03 00:00:00

Geography

Eastern coast of the U.S.