May 26, 1988 to September 11, 1989, this dataset contains 2,254 bathythermograph (XBT) observations of water depth and temperature collected from ships including Lexa Maersk and 14 others. The data was gathered in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Southern Atlantic Ocean as part of the Gulf of Mexico NOAA/NMFS Ship of Opportunity (SOOP) project by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). The originator's data was submitted on a diskette and has been converted to the C116 file format of the NODC.
Use Cases
- Model historical ocean heat content based on depth and temperature profiles.
- Analyze seasonal temperature variations in the Eastern Pacific and Southern Atlantic Oceans.
- Validate oceanographic models using ship-collected in-situ measurements.
- Study the operational patterns and data yield of the Ship of Opportunity (SOOP) program.
Strengths
- Contains 2,254 discrete observations.
- Data covers a specific time range from May 26, 1988 to September 11, 1989.
- Originates from a known research institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1989-09-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal/source bias inherent to nasa_earthdata.
Provenance
- Source
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), submitted to NOAA/NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected via bathythermograph (XBT) instruments deployed from ships.
- Time Range
- 19880526 to 19890911
- Geography
- Eastern Pacific Ocean and Southern Atlantic Ocean