A historical research report documents oceanographic work conducted in the Indian Ocean during December 1960 and January 1961. The report was published by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network. It is available in HTML and PDF formats, with the metadata last updated on 2026-06-27.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical oceanographic conditions for climate trend studies (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Validating or supplementing modern marine data with historical observations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Researching the history of scientific expeditions and data collection methods (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the data_gov_au platform via the Australian Ocean Data Network.
- Covers a specific two-month time period (December 1960 - January 1961) in the Indian Ocean.
- Associated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a known research entity.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data scale (e.g., row count) and sample data are unavailable for assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Time Range
- December 1960 - January 1961
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-27 17:10:21.736541; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Indian Ocean