R/V KAIYO cruises from 1995-2000 collecting CTD, XCTD, and dissolved oxygen data in suppor

Ten research cruises by the R/V Kaiyo collected physical oceanographic data in the western tropical Pacific from 1995 to 2000. The Japan Marine Science and Technology Center conducted these voyages as part of the Tropical Ocean Climate Study, covering an area from the Marshall Islands to the Philippines. Data includes CTD, XCTD, and dissolved oxygen profiles formatted to World Ocean Circulation Experiment standards.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical ocean structure based on CTD and XCTD profile data.
• Studying dissolved oxygen distribution and variability in the tropical western Pacific.
• Investigating oceanographic conditions for climate model validation based on the Tropical Ocean Climate Study context.
• Correlating physical profile data with separate shipboard ADCP current measurements from the same cruises.

Strengths

• Data from 10 distinct research cruises provides multiple sampling events.
• Covers a multi-year time range from 1995 to 2000.
• Adheres to established World Ocean Circulation Experiment format standards.

Limitations

• Last updated 2000-08-20 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_NCEI

Collection Method

Ship-based data collection via CTD, XCTD, and dissolved oxygen sensors during research cruises.

Time Range

1995-2000

Freshness

Last updated 2000-08-20 00:00:00

Geography

Western tropical Pacific Ocean, from south and west of the Marshall Islands to north of Papua New Guinea and west to the Philippines.