Ocean Temperature Profiles from USCGC BARATARIA in the NW Atlantic, 1961

NW Atlantic temperature profiles collected via mechanical bathythermograph casts by the USCGC BARATARIA. The data was gathered during a voyage from April 21 to May 13, 1961, and is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical vertical temperature structure in the NW Atlantic (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Calibrating or validating oceanographic models with in-situ measurements (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying seasonal or short-term thermal changes in a specific ocean region (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
• Data collection is temporally precise, spanning from 1961-04-21 to 1961-05-13.
• Source vessel and instrument (USCGC BARATARIA, mechanical bathythermograph) are explicitly identified.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 1961-05-13 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

Mechanical bathythermograph casts from the USCGC BARATARIA.

Time Range

1961-04-21 to 1961-05-13

Freshness

Last updated 1961-05-13 00:00:00

Geography

NW Atlantic Ocean