NE Pacific Ocean CTD Profiles from the New Horizon, 1985

From July 10 to December 10, 1985, the research vessel New Horizon collected temperature, salinity, and other data via CTD casts in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The dataset includes profiles of temperature, salinity, theta, sigma-theta, dynamic height, and light attenuation, collected as part of the Southern California Bight Experiment. Data is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze vertical water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Study coastal ocean dynamics and mixing processes based on data from the Southern California Bight Experiment.
• Calculate water density and stability based on sigma-theta and theta (potential temperature) fields.
• Investigate light penetration and biological productivity based on light attenuation profiles.
• Model geostrophic currents based on dynamic height calculations.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 5-month time range from July to December 1985.
• Includes multiple derived oceanographic parameters like theta, sigma-theta, and dynamic height.
• Collected in conjunction with a named scientific experiment (Southern California Bight Experiment).

Limitations

• Last updated 1985-12-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected from CTD casts aboard the research vessel New Horizon.

Time Range

1985-07-10 to 1985-12-10

Freshness

1985-12-10 00:00:00

Geography

NE Pacific Ocean (limit-180)