Arctic Ocean CTD Profiles from Helicopter and Skiplane, April 2000
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Description
NCEI Accession 0001285 contains oceanographic data collected via Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) instruments deployed from helicopters or skiplanes in the Arctic Ocean. The dataset likely includes measurements of temperature, salinity, conductivity, depth, and pressure from April 2000. It is published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature and salinity in the Arctic Ocean (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Calibrating or validating regional oceanographic models (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Studying seasonal water mass properties in polar regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
Data originates from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Provides a specific temporal snapshot (April 2000) in the Arctic Ocean.
Limitations
Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
Last updated 2004-04-29 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
Data collected via Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) instruments deployed from helicopters or skiplanes.
Time Range
April 2000
Freshness
Last updated 2004-04-29 00:00:00.
Geography
Arctic Ocean
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