From July 7 to September 17, 2002, temperature data were collected using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts in a worldwide distribution. The data were submitted by the Atlantic Oceanographic and Marine Laboratory in Miami, Florida as part of the Gulf of Mexico NOAA/NMFS Ship of Opportunity (SOOP) project.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean thermal structure based on temperature profiles.
- Analyzing seasonal temperature changes in the global ocean.
- Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature measurements with in-situ data.
- Studying the performance and deployment of expendable bathythermograph (XBT) instruments.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific, defined time range from July 7 to September 17, 2002.
- Data collection method (XBT casts) and submitting institution (Atlantic Oceanographic and Marine Laboratory) are explicitly stated.
- The dataset is part of a recognized NOAA/NMFS project (Ship of Opportunity).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2002-09-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Atlantic Oceanographic and Marine Laboratory, Miami, Florida.
- Collection Method
- Data collected using expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts from ships.
- Time Range
- July 7, 2002 to September 17, 2002.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2002-09-17 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Worldwide distribution.