Oceanographic CTD Cast Data from the North Atlantic, 1995

NOAA NCEI provides temperature, conductivity, pressure, oxygen, and depth data collected from the R/V ENDEAVOR. Measurements were taken via tow and CTD casts during a specific cruise in the North Atlantic Ocean. The dataset covers a focused time period from August 31 to September 15, 1995.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature and salinity (conductivity) to study water mass structure.
• Investigating dissolved oxygen levels in relation to depth and pressure measurements.
• Examining short-term oceanic variability during a late-summer cruise in the North Atlantic.
• Calibrating or validating regional oceanographic models with in-situ CTD cast data.

Strengths

• Data includes five core physical oceanographic variables: temperature, conductivity, pressure, oxygen, and depth.
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined for a specific research cruise from August 31 to September 15, 1995.
• Dataset is hosted on multiple authoritative platforms (NASA Earthdata and Data.gov), indicating curation and importance.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing, including row count, file size, column names, and specific file formats.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date, reporting both 1995-09-15 and 2026-03-05.
• License information is not provided, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using tow and CTD casts from the R/V ENDEAVOR.

Time Range

1995-08 31 to 1995-09-15

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:51:00.869655

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean