Galapagos Islands Ocean Pressure and Temperature Data from 1979 to 1985

From June 28, 1979 to February 24, 1985, temperature and pressure data were collected at five sites in the Galapagos Islands using bottom-mounted pressure gauges. The Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL) collected these data in support of the EPOCS program. The data was submitted by Dr. Nancy Soreide from NOAA/PMEL/OCRD.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term ocean pressure variability based on six years of bottom-mounted gauge data.
• Study temperature trends at specific sites in the Galapagos Islands based on the described sensor data.
• Model oceanographic processes in the NE Pacific region based on the multi-year, multi-site time series.
• Validate or calibrate oceanographic models using the in-situ pressure and temperature measurements.

Strengths

• Covers a six-year period from 1979 to 1985.
• Data collected from five distinct sites in the Galapagos Islands.
• A detailed format description exists within the data folder.

Limitations

• Last updated 1985-02-24 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The accession includes only 10 files and a portion of an 11th from an original set of 30 files.

Provenance

Source

Pacific Marine Environmental Lab (PMEL), NOAA/PMEL/OCRD

Collection Method

Collected from bottom-mounted pressure gauges at fixed platforms.

Time Range

1979-06-28 to 1985-02-24

Freshness

1985-02-24 00:00:00

Geography

Five sites in the Galapagos Islands, NE Pacific