SEAMAP 2016 CTD Profiles of Gulf of Mexico Temperature and Salinity

NOAA_NCEI provides profile data collected by CTD casts during a 2016 cruise of the NOAA Ship OREGON II in the Gulf of Mexico. The dataset is part of the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP), a State/Federal/university program for fishery-independent data collection. Measurements include temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Assessing dissolved oxygen levels for marine habitat health monitoring.
• Analyzing vertical water column structure for fishery-independent assessment programs.

Strengths

• Data originates from a NOAA research vessel, indicating institutional collection standards.
• Profile data includes key oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen.

Limitations

• Last updated 2016-07-19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using CTD casts from NOAA Ship OREGON II.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Last updated 2016-07-19 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico