North Atlantic CTD Casts for Temperature, Pressure, and Salinity from 1976

111 CTD cast stations collected temperature, pressure, and salinity data from the R/V Oceanus in the North Atlantic Ocean. Data were calibrated with Nansen bottle casts during the SHELF/Slope Experiment project from August 12 to 24, 1976. The data are provided by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Modeling historical oceanographic conditions based on temperature, pressure, and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing vertical water column structure in the North Atlantic based on CTD cast data.
• Calibrating or validating modern ocean models using the 1976 calibration data from Nansen bottle casts.
• Studying shelf and slope ocean dynamics referenced in the SHELF/Slope Experiment project.

Strengths

• Data from 111 distinct CTD cast stations provides spatial coverage.
• Calibration performed at each station using Nansen bottle casts suggests quality control.
• Specific temporal coverage from August 12 to 24, 1976.

Limitations

• Data are currently only available in analog form from a printout of magnetic tape contents.
• Last updated 1976-08-24 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected via CTD casts from the R/V Oceanus, calibrated with Nansen bottle casts.

Time Range

1976-08 12 to 1976-08-24

Freshness

1976-08-24 00:00:00

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean