GLOBEC Northeast Pacific Ocean Profile Data, May-August 2002

Profile data collected during the Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics Program's 2002 field season in the Northeast Pacific. The dataset, archived under NOAA NCEI Accession 0001180, likely contains physical and biological measurements from the ocean water column. Data collection concluded on August 19, 2002.

Use Cases

• Modeling plankton population dynamics in relation to physical oceanographic conditions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, or chlorophyll for water mass characterization (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Providing in-situ validation data for satellite-derived ocean color or sea surface temperature products (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
• Associated with the established Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) research program.
• Has a specific and documented temporal coverage from May to August 2002.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2002-08 19 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

Field data collection in support of the GLOBEC program.

Time Range

May - August 2002

Freshness

Last updated 2002-08-19 00:00:00

Geography

Northeast Pacific Ocean