North Atlantic Ocean Temperature Profiles from R/V J. R. Perry

October 1962 temperature-depth profiles from the R/V J. R. Perry in the North Atlantic Ocean, collected using a Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT). The dataset contains pairs of temperature-depth values recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals down to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters. It has been processed by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) into the standard C128 format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the vertical thermal structure of the upper ocean for a specific cruise track.
• Studying historical ocean temperature conditions in the North Atlantic during October 1962.
• Validating or calibrating models of upper-ocean heat content using in-situ profile data.
• Correlating cruise information, date, position, and time with observed temperature-depth pairs.

Strengths

• Data is standardized to the NODC C128 format, ensuring consistency for analysis.
• Provides precise temporal coverage for a full month in October 1962.
• Contains detailed metadata including cruise information, date, position, and time for each observation.

Limitations

• MBT instrument limits observations to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters, restricting analysis to the upper ocean.
• Exact row count, column names, and dataset size are unknown from the provided sources.
• The dataset is from a single month and vessel, limiting spatial and temporal generalizability.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Collected via Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT) instrument from the R/V J. R. Perry and processed by NODC.

Time Range

1962-10-01 to 1962-10-31

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:35:04.738046

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean.