Gulf of Mexico Oceanographic CTD Measurements from 1992 to 1994
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Description
The Gulf of Mexico is the geographic scope for this collection of oceanographic measurements. It likely contains data on temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, transmissivity, and pressure collected via CTD, OSD, and XBT instruments from multiple platforms. The dataset was published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and covers the period from 1992 to 1994.
Use Cases
Modeling oceanographic conditions and water column structure (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Analyzing temporal trends in chlorophyll and salinity (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Calibrating or validating satellite-derived ocean data products (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
Sourced from NOAA_NCEI, a leading environmental data organization.
Covers a specific multi-year time range (1992-1994).
Limitations
Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
Last updated 1994-11-13 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
Collected using CTD, OSD, and XBT instruments from multiple platforms.
Time Range
1992 to 1994
Freshness
Last updated 1994-11-13 00:00:00.
Geography
Gulf of Mexico
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