Gulf Challenger Ocean Pressure and Water Data, Summer 1999

Gulf of Mexico data collected by the research vessel GULF CHALLENGER from June 5 to August 3, 1999. The dataset, archived under NOAA NCEI Accession 9900145, likely contains pressure and other water property measurements. It was published via NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing water column pressure profiles over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Correlating physical oceanographic measurements with other regional datasets (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating or calibrating oceanographic models for the Gulf of Mexico region (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform
• Data collection has a precise temporal range: 1999-06-05 to 1999-08-03
• Originates from a known research vessel (GULF CHALLENGER) and organization (NOAA_NCEI)

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Last updated 1999-08-03 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Likely collected via in-situ instruments aboard the research vessel GULF CHALLENGER

Time Range

1999-06-05 to 1999-08-03

Freshness

Last updated 1999-08-03 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico (inferred from vessel name and title)