Arctic Ocean CTD Measurements from Kapitan Dranitsyn and Louis L St Laurent, 2004-2008

Temperature, salinity, and pressure measurements collected using Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) instruments from the research vessels Kapitan Dranitsyn and Louis L St Laurent. The dataset was published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) under accession 0061207. Data collection occurred in the Arctic Ocean between 2004 and 2008.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic properties like temperature and salinity profiles (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Analyzing temporal trends in Arctic Ocean conditions from 2004 to 2008 (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Calibrating or validating regional ocean circulation models (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
• Data collection spans a multi-year period from 2004 through 2008.
• Originates from NOAA_NCEI, a recognized environmental data authority.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 2008-10-27 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 collected using CTD instruments from research vessels.

Time Range

2004 through 2008

Freshness

Last updated 2008-10-27 00:00:00.

Geography

Arctic Ocean