FURMAN Ship Upper Ocean Temperature Profiles from 1969

July 10 to August 5, 1969, this dataset contains temperature-depth profiles from the ship FURMAN in the North Pacific Ocean, processed by the National Oceanographic Data Center. It comprises pairs of temperature-depth values recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals down to a maximum of approximately 285 meters. The data is formatted to the NODC standard C128 format for Mechanical Bathythermograph observations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the thermal structure of the upper ocean (0-285m) using temperature-depth pairs.
• Studying short-term temperature variability in the North Pacific during summer 1969 using time-stamped profiles.
• Validating ocean mixed-layer models with historical in-situ temperature data.
• Correlating cruise position and time data with regional oceanographic conditions.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a known, documented standard (NODC C128 format).
• Provides precise temporal coverage for a specific cruise from July 10 to August 5, 1969.
• Includes core metadata for each observation: cruise information, date, position, and time.

Limitations

• The specific number of rows, columns, and file size is unknown across all sources.
• Instrument maximum depth of ~285m limits analysis to the upper ocean only.
• Conflicting 'last updated' metadata: one source shows 2026-03 06, another shows the original data date of 1969-08-05.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT) instrument measurements processed by NODC.

Time Range

1969-07-10 to 1969-08-05

Freshness

2026 -03-06 00:05:01.815776

Geography

North Pacific Ocean