Eastern Tropical Pacific CTD Profiles During 2016 El Nino Rapid Response

33 CTD profiles collected by NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from February 22 to March 11, 2016. The data includes measurements of temperature, depth, pressure, salinity, conductivity, and sound velocity in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean near the equator. Maximum recorded depths reached approximately 3000 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyze ocean temperature profiles based on CTD temperature measurements
• Study salinity distribution based on conductivity and salinity data
• Model sound velocity propagation based on sound velocity measurements
• Investigate pressure-depth relationships based on depth and pressure readings

Strengths

• 33 CTD profiles provide a focused snapshot of ocean conditions
• Includes six distinct physical oceanographic parameters
• Maximum depth of approximately 3000m indicates deep ocean coverage

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• 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

CTD casts deployed from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

Time Range

2016-02-22 to 2016-03-11

Freshness

Last updated 2016-03-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified

Geography

Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean near the equator