NOAA Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Oceanographic Data from the Gulf of Mexico, May 2010

Gulf of Mexico oceanographic data collected aboard NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON from May 23 to 28, 2010, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Subsurface Monitoring Unit, a multi-agency group, gathered unknown data types using unknown instruments and physical sampling devices. The dataset includes products for real-time analysis, such as charts, graphs, maps, and GIS files, along with cruise-level documentation.

Use Cases

• Modeling oil dispersion and environmental impact based on collected oceanographic data.
• Creating geospatial visualizations and maps for decision support based on the GIS-formatted data files.
• Analyzing real-time monitoring and response strategies based on the cruise reports and management documents.
• Studying multi-agency data collection and coordination during environmental disasters based on the Subsurface Monitoring Unit's work.

Strengths

• Data collection was focused on a specific, critical environmental event (Deepwater Horizon oil spill).
• Includes products created for real-time analysis and decision support, such as charts and maps.
• Contains supplementary cruise-level documentation like reports, plans, and videos.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2010-05-28 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected aboard NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON by the Subsurface Monitoring Unit using unknown instruments and physical sampling.

Time Range

2010-05-23 to 2010-05-28

Freshness

Last updated 2010-05-28 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico