LANSING Bathythermograph Temperature-Depth Profiles from 1964

NOAA_NCEI provides mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) data from the vessel LANSING in the North Pacific Ocean. The dataset contains temperature-depth profile pairs recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals, useful for studying the thermal structure of the ocean's upper layers. Observations were collected during a single cruise from March 23 to March 28, 1964.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the vertical temperature structure of the upper ocean (up to ~285m) using temperature-depth pairs.
• Studying short-term thermal variability in a specific North Pacific region from March 23-28, 1964.
• Validating or supplementing historical ocean model reanalyses with in-situ profile data.
• Examining cruise-based observational methods and data formats (NODC C128) from the 1960s.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a standardized format (NODC C128), ensuring consistency.
• Provides precise temporal (1964-03 23 to 28) and spatial (North Pacific Ocean) context for each profile.
• Temperature measurements are recorded at uniform 5-meter depth intervals, facilitating analysis.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, file size, and license are unavailable across all platforms.
• MBT instrument maximum depth is approximately 285 meters, limiting analysis to the ocean's upper layers only.
• Data is from a single, short cruise, offering limited temporal and spatial scope.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)

Collection Method

Mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument measurements processed by NODC to the C128 standard format.

Time Range

1964-03-23 to 1964-03-28

Freshness

2026-03-05 22:43:15.248708

Geography

North Pacific Ocean (from the vessel LANSING)