Ross Sea Temperature and Nutrient Profiles from 1996

Osaka Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station collected temperature profile and nutrient data via bottle casts from the POLAR DUKE vessel. Measurements were taken in the Ross Sea and Southern Oceans over a 7-day period from September 6 to 12, 1996. This dataset was submitted with support from the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study / Southern Ocean (JGOFS/Southern Ocean) project.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical temperature structure in polar seas.
• Studying nutrient distribution (e.g., nitrate, phosphate, silicate) in the Southern Ocean.
• Investigating water column properties for biogeochemical flux studies.
• Providing in-situ calibration data for satellite-derived oceanographic models.

Strengths

• Data collection is temporally focused, covering a specific 7-day cruise in September 1996.
• Originates from a recognized scientific project (JGOFS/Southern Ocean).
• Geographic coverage is clearly defined for the Ross Sea and Southern Oceans.

Limitations

• No column names, row counts, or file size information are provided by any source.
• The license and specific data author are not documented.
• Platforms disagree on the last updated date: Data.gov lists 2026-03-05, while NASA Earthdata lists 1996-09-12.

Provenance

Source

Osaka Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, submitted with support from JGOFS/Southern Ocean.

Collection Method

Bottle casts from the POLAR DUKE vessel.

Time Range

1996-09-06 to 1996-09-12

Freshness

2026-03 05 23:53:47.318003

Geography

Ross Sea and Southern Oceans