NOAA_NCEI provides CTD, bottle, and other data collected from the R/V New Horizon in coastal California, Oregon, Washington, and the NE Pacific from 31 May 2000 to 12 August 2000. The data were collected in support of the GLOBal oceans ECosystems dynamics research (GLOBEC) project. It includes profiles of salinity, fluorescence, transmittance, oxygen saturation, sigma-theta, and concentrations of chlorophyll a, phosphate, nitrogen, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, phaeophytin, and ammonium.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal upwelling and nutrient cycling based on nitrate, phosphate, and silicate concentration profiles.
- Studying phytoplankton biomass dynamics based on chlorophyll a and phaeophytin pigment data.
- Analyzing water column structure and mixing based on salinity, sigma-theta, and temperature profiles.
- Investigating dissolved oxygen levels and hypoxia events based on percent oxygen saturation data.
Strengths
- Data collection covers a specific, multi-month research cruise from 31 May 2000 to 12 August 2000.
- Description lists a wide range of measured parameters including salinity, nutrients, pigments, and physical water properties.
- Data is associated with the well-defined GLOBEC research project, providing scientific context.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2000-08-12 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Collected via CTD and bottle casts from the R/V New Horizon.
- Time Range
- 31 May 2000 to 12 August 2000
- Freshness
- Last updated 2000-08-12 00:00:00
- Geography
- Coastal California, Oregon, Washington, and NE Pacific (limit-180)