Antarctic Ocean Temperature and Salinity Profiles from the DOVETAIL Project, 1997

From August 4 to September 5, 1997, temperature, salinity, and oxygen profiles were collected in the Weddell and Scotia Seas. The data were gathered using bottle and CTD casts from the research vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER. It was submitted by the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory as part of the Deep Ocean Ventilation Through Antarctic Intermediate (DOVETAIL) project.

Use Cases

• Modeling Antarctic intermediate water formation based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing ocean ventilation rates based on dissolved oxygen measurements.
• Studying physical oceanographic properties in the Scotia and Weddell Seas.

Strengths

• Data collection is precisely dated from August 4 to September 5, 1997.
• Specific geographic coverage is stated for the Weddell and Scotia Seas.
• Collection method (bottle and CTD casts) and vessel (NATHANIEL B. PALMER) are documented.

Limitations

• Last updated 1997-09-05 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

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NOAA NCEI

Collection Method

Bottle and CTD casts from the research vessel NATHANIEL B. PALMER.

Time Range

1997-08-04 to 1997-09-05

Freshness

1997-09-05 00:00:00

Geography

Weddell Sea, Scotia Sea