Historical Ocean Salinity and Temperature Profiles from Bottle Casts, 1926-1989

Temperature and salinity profile data were collected using bottle casts from the vessel PERSEY in a worldwide distribution. The data span over six decades, from 09 August 1926 to 02 November 1989. Data were submitted and collected by the Hydrometeorology Service of the Russian Navy (GSVMF) with support from Data Archaeology / Rescue.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in ocean temperature based on historical bottle cast data.
• Studying global salinity distribution patterns from the described worldwide sampling.
• Calibrating or validating climate models using historical in-situ ocean profile data.
• Researching data archaeology and rescue methodologies for historical scientific records.

Strengths

• Data covers a long temporal range of over 63 years, from 1926 to 1989.
• Spatial coverage is described as a worldwide distribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 1989-11-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Hydrometeorology Service of the Russian Navy (GSVMF) via NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Data collected using bottle casts from the vessel PERSEY.

Time Range

09 August 1926 to 02 November 1989

Freshness

Historical; last data point from 1989.

Geography

Worldwide distribution