Historical Bathythermograph Temperature Profiles from GEORGE BOWERS 1944

February to June 1944 temperature-depth profiles collected by the vessel GEORGE BOWERS in the Bismarck Sea, Solomon Sea, and North and South Pacific Ocean. Data was gathered using mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instruments and processed by the National Oceanographic Data Center into the standard C128 format. The dataset captures the thermal structure of the upper ocean layers to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters.

Use Cases

• Analyzing upper-ocean thermal structure using temperature-depth value pairs.
• Studying historical sea surface temperature variability in the Pacific Ocean.
• Investigating spatial patterns of ocean temperature across the Bismarck and Solomon Seas.
• Calibrating or validating historical ocean climate models with in-situ profile data.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a documented standard format (NODC C128).
• Provides a specific temporal coverage from February 21 to June 3, 1944.
• Covers multiple distinct geographic regions in the Pacific Ocean.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and license are unknown.
• Instrument limitation restricts observations to the upper ~285 meters of the ocean.
• Sources conflict on the last update date (2026-03-05 vs. 1944-06-03).

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument measurements processed by NODC.

Time Range

1944-02-21 to 1944-06-03

Freshness

2026-03-05

Geography

Bismarck Sea, North Pacific Ocean, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean