Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and adjoining waters are the geographic scope of this dataset. It contains quality-controlled water temperature profiles collected by the Royal Australian Navy using Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs). The data was collected from 7 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 and is published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Use Cases
- Analyzing vertical ocean temperature structure for climate model validation (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying seasonal temperature changes in specific ocean basins (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature measurements with in-situ profiles (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
- Data collection is quality-controlled, as stated in the title.
- Has a defined temporal coverage from 7 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2012-12-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Collected by the Royal Australian Navy using Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs).
- Time Range
- 7 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
- Freshness
- Last updated 2012-12-31 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and adjoining waters