Ocean Chemistry and Physical Profiles from the Great Australian Bight, 1994

NCEI Accession 0116716 contains chemical and physical oceanographic data collected from the RV FRANKLIN in the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean between November 12 and December 5, 1994. The data, collected by Matthias Tomczak of Flinders University of South Australia, include measurements of dissolved oxygen, hydrostatic pressure, nitrate, nitrite, salinity, water temperature, phosphate, and silicate using CTD and bottle instruments. This dataset was part of the PACIFICA project for synthesizing Pacific Ocean interior carbon data.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean carbon cycles based on dissolved oxygen and nutrient measurements.
• Analyzing water column structure based on CTD-derived salinity and temperature profiles.
• Studying nutrient distributions in coastal waters based on nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and silicate data.
• Calibrating regional ocean models based on hydrographic data from the Great Australian Bight.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple core oceanographic parameters: dissolved oxygen, salinity, temperature, and nutrients.
• Collection period is precisely defined from 1994-11-12 to 1994-12 05.
• Data is associated with the international PACIFICA synthesis project and WOCE cruise S05.

Limitations

• Last updated 1994-12-05 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_NCEI

Collection Method

Data collected from discrete sample and profile observations using CTD and bottle instruments.

Time Range

1994-11-12 to 1994-12-05

Freshness

1994-12-05 00:00:00

Geography

Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean