NE Pacific Ocean Water Column Data from the MOCE-5 Cruise, October 1999

From October 1 to 21, 1999, this dataset contains oceanographic measurements from the fifth Marine Optical Characterization Experiment (MOCE-5) cruise aboard the R/V Melville. It includes temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, beam attenuation, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, total suspended matter, and suspended organic carbon and nitrogen data collected via CTD profiler and water samplers. The data were obtained by a consortium of institutions including the University of Miami, NOAA, and Oregon State University.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles
• Analyzing relationships between chlorophyll-a fluorescence and suspended organic matter for biological productivity studies
• Calibrating satellite ocean color algorithms based on in-situ optical and biogeochemical measurements
• Studying dissolved oxygen dynamics in relation to temperature and biological activity

Strengths

• Data collected during a focused 21-day research cruise, providing temporal consistency
• Includes multiple complementary measurement types from CTD and water samplers
• Involves data from a consortium of nine reputable oceanographic institutions

Limitations

• Last updated 1999-10-21 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 National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Collection Method

Data collected via oceanographic CTD profiler and water samplers during a research cruise.

Time Range

1999-10-01 to 1999-10-21

Freshness

Static dataset from a 1999 research cruise.

Geography

NE Pacific Ocean (limit-180)