Historical Oceanographic Station Data from CALCOFI Project, 1904-1964
Description
Oceanographic Station Data containing temperature, salinity, and other physical-chemical measurements collected from bottle and CTD casts by the HMAS DERWENT and other vessels worldwide. The data were submitted by the Australia Navy as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CALCOFI) project and processed by NODC into standard formats. Observations span from August 3, 1904, to December 31, 1964.
Use Cases
Analyzing long-term ocean temperature trends based on discrete depth measurements.
Modeling historical salinity distributions based on bottle and CTD cast data.
Studying nutrient cycles (e.g., phosphate, nitrate) in marine environments based on reported chemical parameters.
Investigating relationships between meteorological conditions and surface ocean properties based on reported auxiliary data.
Strengths
Covers a 60-year time range from 1904 to 1964.
Includes multiple measured parameters such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and nutrients.
Data are processed to standard depth levels and include computed values like density and sound velocity.
Limitations
Last updated 1964-12-31 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
Australia Navy, processed by NODC/NOAA_NCEI.
Collection Method
Collected using multi-bottle Nansen casts and electronic CTD/STD recorders from ship platforms.
Time Range
1904-08-03 to 1964-12 31
Freshness
1964-12-31 00:00:00
Geography
World-wide distribution.
Data format details are available at nodc.noaa.gov/; license is unknown.