Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles from NW Atlantic Fisheries Monitoring, 1998

From January 24 to November 19, 1998, this dataset contains temperature and salinity profiles collected via CTD casts in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from Hatteras to Nova Scotia. The data were gathered by NOAA/NMFS from the NOAA ships Albatross IV and Delaware II as part of routine fisheries monitoring and assessment activities.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions for fisheries assessment based on the temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal variability in water column properties in the NW Atlantic based on the 1998 time series.
• Calibrating regional climate or ecosystem models with in-situ temperature and salinity data.
• Studying the relationship between physical oceanography and fish stock distributions based on the fisheries monitoring context.

Strengths

• Data collected by NOAA/NMFS, a recognized authority in oceanographic and fisheries data.
• Covers a specific geographic transect from Hatteras to Nova Scotia.
• Temporal coverage spans nearly a full year, from January to November 1998.

Limitations

• Last updated 1998-11-19 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/NMFS (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Marine Fisheries Service)

Collection Method

Collected from CTD casts aboard NOAA ships Albatross IV and Delaware II.

Time Range

1998-01-24 to 1998-11-19

Freshness

Historical dataset; last updated in 1998.

Geography

NW Atlantic Ocean (Hatteras to Nova Scotia)