SEAMAP: Gulf of Mexico Water Quality Measurements from 1992 to 2008

The Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) is a State/Federal/university program for collecting fishery-independent data in the southeastern United States. This dataset contains temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen measurements collected using CTD and bottle methods from multiple platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Data collection occurred between 1992 and 2008.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions for fishery stock assessments based on the water quality parameters.
• Analyzing long-term trends in Gulf of Mexico temperature and salinity based on the 16-year time series.
• Calibrating satellite-derived ocean data with in-situ CTD and bottle measurements.
• Studying dissolved oxygen levels and potential hypoxic zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a 16-year period from 1992 to 2008.
• Measurements include multiple key oceanographic parameters: temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen.
• Data is sourced from a collaborative State/Federal/university program (SEAMAP).

Limitations

• Last updated 2008-12-31 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

Measurements collected using CTD and bottle methods from multiple platforms.

Time Range

1992 through 2008

Freshness

Data collection ended in 2008.

Geography

Gulf of Mexico