Ocean Water Temperature and Depth Measurements from Australia, 1994

NCEI Accession 9500121 contains water depth and temperature data collected for the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP). The data was gathered from over a dozen ships by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and the Australian Oceanographic Data Center from January 24 to December 16, 1994. The originator's bathythermograph (XBT) data was submitted in GTSPP format.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean thermal structure based on bathythermograph (XBT) measurements.
• Analyzing seasonal water temperature changes in the Southern Hemisphere based on the 1994 time range.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature data with in-situ depth profiles.
• Studying data collection and standardization methods for the Global Temperature-Salinity Pilot Project (GTSPP).

Strengths

• Data collected by authoritative institutions: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Australian Oceanographic Data Center.
• Covers a defined time range from January 24, 1994 to December 16, 1994.
• Data was collected from over a dozen ships, suggesting spatial coverage.

Limitations

• Last updated 1994-12-16 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and Australian Oceanographic Data Center, submitted to NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected via bathythermograph (XBT) from over a dozen ships.

Time Range

1994-01-24 to 1994-12-16

Freshness

Historical data; last updated date corresponds to the end of the collection period.

Geography

Data collected from ships; specific locations (Monowai, Melbourne) mentioned in title suggest Australian/Southern Ocean regions.