Ocean Pressure and Water Data from the Pacific TOGA Area, December 1992

Pressure and water property data collected from the research vessel LE NOROIT in the Pacific Ocean between 30°N and 30°S. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under accession 9600047. Measurements were taken over a 26-day period from December 2 to December 27, 1992.

Use Cases

• Analyzing ocean pressure and water column structure for a specific time and region (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating or calibrating physical oceanography models for the tropical Pacific (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying short-term oceanic variability as part of the TOGA climate research program (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
• Archived by NOAA NCEI, a trusted environmental data repository.
• Has a precise temporal coverage from 1992-12-02 to 1992-12 27.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 1992-12-27 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 ship-based sensors from the vessel LE NOROIT.

Time Range

1992-12-02 to 1992-12-27

Freshness

Data collection concluded in 1992; it is a historical snapshot.

Geography

Pacific Ocean, TOGA Area (30°N to 30°S)