Salinity and Water Temperature in Washington/Oregon Coastal Waters, 2001

Oregon State University submitted this collection of salinity and water temperature measurements for the coastal waters of Washington and Oregon. Data were gathered using a conductivity sensor and temperature probe over a ten-month period from March to December 2001. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal changes in coastal water properties based on the ten-month time range
• Analyzing correlations between salinity and water temperature in a specific coastal region
• Calibrating or validating regional oceanographic models using in-situ sensor data
• Studying the impact of seasonal freshwater input on coastal salinity levels

Strengths

• Data collected over a defined ten-month period from March 1 to December 31, 2001
• Submitted by a known academic institution, Oregon State University
• Archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Limitations

• Last updated 2001-12-31 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

Oregon State University (OSU), archived by NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using conductivity sensor and temperature probe

Time Range

March 1, - December 31, 2001

Freshness

2001-12-31 00:00:00

Geography

Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon