Millicoma Ship Historical Ocean Temperature Profiles
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12files
Available on 2 platforms
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Description
NOAA NCEI provides bathythermograph data from the MILLICOMA ship across the Bay of Biscay, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic, and North Pacific Oceans. The dataset contains temperature-depth profile pairs recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals, processed to the NODC standard C128 format. Observations were collected during a cruise from October 20, 1963, to March 22, 1964.
Use Cases
Analyzing upper ocean thermal stratification using paired temperature-depth values.
Studying spatial temperature variations across the Bay of Biscay, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic, and North Pacific.
Investigating seasonal ocean changes during the 1963-1964 cruise period using date and time stamps.
Correlating cruise information and position data with regional oceanographic models.
Strengths
Data is processed to a standardized NODC format (C128), ensuring consistent structure.
Profiles offer high vertical resolution with temperature recorded at uniform 5-meter depth intervals.
Covers a specific multi-ocean cruise over a defined 5-month period from 1963-10 20 to 1964-03-22.
Limitations
Key metadata such as row count, column names, file size, and license are unavailable from all sources.
The mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument limits observations to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters.
A conflict exists on the 'last updated' date between platforms (2026-03-05 on datagov vs. 1964-03-22 on nasa_earthdata).
Provenance
Source
NOAA NCEI (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental Information).
Collection Method
Temperature-depth profiles obtained using a mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument, processed by NODC.
Time Range
1963-10-20 to 1964-03-22
Freshness
2026-03-05 23:51:10.214643
Geography
Bay of Biscay, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean.
License information is not provided. The dataset is specific to the upper ocean due to the 285-meter depth limit of the MBT instrument.