Water temperature, salinity, and pressure measurements collected by a CTD instrument from the vessel Kapitan Dranitsyn. The data were gathered in the Laptev Sea and Arctic Ocean during a cruise from August 18 to September 3, 2009. The dataset is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Use Cases
- Analyze vertical profiles of water temperature in the Arctic Ocean based on CTD measurements.
- Study salinity distribution in the Laptev Sea based on CTD measurements.
- Model oceanographic conditions based on concurrent temperature, salinity, and pressure data.
- Validate satellite-derived sea surface salinity estimates based on in-situ CTD measurements.
Strengths
- Data includes three core oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, and pressure.
- Measurements have a precise temporal range from August 18 to September 3, 2009.
- Geographic scope is specified as the Laptev Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data are in text format; structure and parsing requirements are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Collection Method
- Measurements taken by CTD from the vessel Kapitan Dranitsyn.
- Time Range
- 2009-08-18 to 2009-09-03
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-05 22:50:03.602228; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Laptev Sea and Arctic Ocean