Southern Ocean Temperature and Salinity Measurements from Min Fang Bay, 1984-1985

Min Fang Bay in the Southern Ocean is the location for this dataset of temperature, salinity, sigma_t, and pressure measurements. The data was collected using a CTD instrument from an unknown platform and contributed by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Measurements were taken between 1984 and 1985.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal water column structure based on temperature and salinity profiles.
• Study ocean density (sigma_t) variations in a coastal bay environment.
• Model historical oceanographic conditions based on pressure, temperature, and salinity data.
• Validate regional climate models using in-situ CTD measurements from the 1980s.

Strengths

• Includes four core oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, sigma_t, and pressure.
• Data has a defined temporal coverage from 1984 to 1985.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI repository.

Limitations

• The specific platform used for data collection is unknown, which may affect context.
• Last updated 1985-01-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected using a CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) instrument.

Time Range

1984 to 1985

Freshness

1985-01-31 00:00:00

Geography

Min Fang Bay, Southern Ocean