NOAA Ship DELAWARE II Underway Physical and Meteorological Data, 2000-2001

Underway physical and meteorological data were collected by NOAA Ship DELAWARE II from February 2000 to June 2001. The data include surface water conductivities, temperatures, and salinities from the North Atlantic, Bay of Fundy, and Gulf of Mexico. The dataset is provided by NOAA NCEI.

Use Cases

• Modeling surface ocean temperature and salinity gradients based on underway measurements.
• Analyzing seasonal and spatial variability in marine meteorological conditions.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature data with in-situ conductivity and temperature data.
• Studying water mass properties in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico based on collected salinity data.

Strengths

• Data collected over a 16-month period from February 2000 to June 2001.
• Includes multiple physical oceanographic variables: surface water conductivity, temperature, and salinity.
• Geographic coverage spans multiple regions: North Atlantic, Bay of Fundy, and Gulf of Mexico.

Limitations

• Last updated 2001-06-22 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

Collected while NOAA Ship DELAWARE II was underway.

Time Range

2000-02-15 to 2001-06-22

Freshness

Last updated 2001-06-22 00:00:00

Geography

North Atlantic, Bay of Fundy, Gulf of Mexico