Historical Ocean Temperature Profiles from the BROADBILL Cruise

285 meters is the maximum depth for temperature observations in this dataset. It contains mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) data collected during the BROADBILL cruise in the North Pacific Ocean. The data was processed by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) into the standard C128 format, providing temperature-depth pairs at uniform 5-meter intervals.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the thermal structure of the ocean's upper layers using temperature-depth pairs.
• Studying short-term oceanic variability during a specific cruise from September 11-14, 1962.
• Correlating temperature profiles with reported cruise information, date, position, and time for each observation.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a known standard format (NODC C128), ensuring structural consistency.
• Temperature values are recorded at uniform 5-meter depth intervals, facilitating systematic analysis.
• Each observation includes associated metadata: cruise, date, position, and time.

Limitations

• Key quantitative details like row count, file size, and specific column names are unavailable from all sources.
• The MBT instrument limits observations to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters, restricting analysis to the upper ocean.
• There is a conflict in 'last updated' metadata between platforms (2026-03-06 vs. 1962-09-14).

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), from the BROADBILL cruise.

Collection Method

Collected using a mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument and processed by NODC.

Time Range

1962-09-11 to 1962-09-14

Freshness

2026-03-06 00:07:30.037816

Geography

North Pacific Ocean