Temperature and salinity data collected via CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) instruments from NOAA research vessels including ALBATROSS IV and DELAWARE II. The dataset covers the Coastal North Atlantic and North Atlantic regions over a decade, from 1998 to 2007. It is published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and accessed via the nasa_earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Modeling ocean temperature and salinity gradients in the North Atlantic (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Analyzing decadal changes in coastal oceanographic conditions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Validating satellite-derived sea surface salinity products (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published by NOAA_NCEI, a U.S. government agency.
- Covers a specific time range from 1998 to 2007.
- Data originates from specific, documented research vessels.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Last updated 2007-11-15 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
- Measurements taken from CTD instruments deployed from NOAA research ships.
- Time Range
- 1998 to 2007
- Freshness
- Last updated 2007-11-15 00:00:00
- Geography
- Coastal North Atlantic and North Atlantic