NCEI Accession 0002369 contains temperature, salinity, oxygen, beam attenuation coefficient, and pressure measurements collected using CTD instruments. The data originates from multiple Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) programs, including Equatorial Pacific, Antarctic Polar Front Zone, North Atlantic Bloom Experiment, Arabian Sea, Hawaii Oceanographic Time-Series, and Bermuda Atlantic Time Series. Data were collected during the 1990s and post-processed at Texas A&M University.
Use Cases
- Analyze ocean water column properties based on CTD-measured temperature, salinity, and pressure.
- Study marine biogeochemical fluxes based on data from JGOFS programs like the North Atlantic Bloom Experiment.
- Model oceanographic time-series trends based on data from the Hawaii Oceanographic Time-Series (HOT) and Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS).
- Investigate regional oceanographic differences based on data from the Equatorial Pacific, Antarctic Polar Front Zone, and Arabian Sea.
Strengths
- Data originates from multiple major oceanographic research programs (JGOFS).
- Includes measurements for several key oceanographic variables (temperature, salinity, oxygen, beam attenuation coefficient, pressure).
- Time-series data from established programs like HOT and BATS.
Limitations
- Last updated 1998-12-30 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
- CTD and Transmissometer measurements collected during JGOFS program cruises.
- Time Range
- 1990 to 1998
- Geography
- Global ocean, with specific regions including Equatorial Pacific, Antarctic Polar Front Zone, North Atlantic, Arabian Sea, Hawaii, and Bermuda.