Arctic Ocean Temperature Profiles from 47 XBT Casts, August-September 2002

47 distinct XBT casts collected at 41 locations in the Mendeleev Ridge and Chukchi Borderland region of the Arctic Ocean. The data were gathered aboard the USCGC Polar Star during cruise CBL2002 between August 22 and September 22, 2002, as part of an NSF-sponsored project. The dataset is archived by NOAA NCEI.

Use Cases

• Modeling Arctic Ocean circulation patterns based on temperature profile data.
• Investigating the influence of the Mendeleev Ridge and Chukchi Borderland on water mass distribution.
• Analyzing temporal changes in the Arctic water column during late summer 2002.
• Validating regional oceanographic models with in-situ temperature observations.

Strengths

• Contains 47 distinct temperature profiles from a focused scientific cruise.
• Covers 41 specific locations in a targeted Arctic region.
• Has a precise temporal scope from August 22 to September 22, 2002.

Limitations

• Last updated 2002-09-22 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

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data collected via XBT casts from the USCGC Polar Star (cruise CBL2002).

Time Range

2002-08 22 to 2002-09-22

Freshness

2002-09-22 00:00:00

Geography

Mendeleev Ridge and Chukchi Borderland region, Arctic Ocean.