CTD Profiles from RV Melville Philippine Seas Expedition 2009

125 CTD stations provide pressure, temperature, salinity, and oxygen profiles from the RV Melville's research cruise in the Philippine Seas. The dataset was collected by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) during a three-week expedition from late February to March 2009. Its cross-platform presence on NASA Earth Data and Data.gov indicates established use in the oceanographic community.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical water column structure using pressure, temperature, and salinity profiles.
• Investigating relationships between dissolved oxygen levels and other physical parameters.
• Studying oceanographic conditions in the Philippine Seas during the late winter/early spring period.
• Validating regional ocean models with in-situ CTD station data.

Strengths

• Contains data from 125 distinct CTD stations, providing spatial coverage.
• Includes four core oceanographic variables: pressure, temperature, salinity, and oxygen.
• Data collection occurred during a defined expedition from 28 February to 20 March 2009.

Limitations

• The complete column schema is not provided by any source platform.
• Conflicting last updated dates exist: one source shows 2009-03-20, another shows 2026-03-05.
• License, author, and exact row counts are unknown.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Collection Method

CTD casts from the research vessel RV Melville.

Time Range

28 February 2009 to 20 March 2009

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:37:04.644773

Geography

Philippine Seas