North Pacific Upper Ocean Temperature Profiles from CAYUSE Cruise

NODC processed bathythermograph data from the CAYUSE cruise in the North Pacific Ocean, covering a two-day period in October 1971. The dataset contains temperature-depth profile pairs recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals, with a maximum observation depth of approximately 285 meters. Data is formatted to the NODC standard C128 format for mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instruments.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the vertical temperature structure of the ocean's upper 285 meters using paired temperature-depth values.
• Studying short-term thermal variability in a specific North Pacific region using cruise date, position, and time metadata.
• Calibrating or validating ocean mixed-layer models with historical in-situ temperature profile data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a known standard format (NODC C128), ensuring structural consistency.
• Temperature measurements are recorded at a uniform, high-resolution 5-meter depth interval.
• Each observation includes associated metadata such as cruise information, date, position, and time.

Limitations

• The dataset is limited to the upper ocean, with a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters.
• Temporal coverage is very brief, spanning only two days in October 1971.
• Exact row count, file size, and column names are not provided by any source.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument measurements processed by NODC.

Time Range

1971-10-11 to 1971-10-12

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:32:37.936486

Geography

North Pacific Ocean