NOAA Ship DELAWARE II and ATLANTIS II collected water temperature and other data from February 1970 to February 1971. The dataset is published by NOAA NCEI and accessed via the NASA Earthdata platform. The specific data types and geographic scope likely require verification after download.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical ocean temperature variability (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Calibrating or validating satellite-derived sea surface temperature models (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying marine ecosystem responses to seasonal temperature changes (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published by the authoritative NOAA NCEI organization.
- Covers a defined time range from 1970-02-05 to 1971-02-22.
- Data originates from specific NOAA research vessels: DELAWARE II and ATLANTIS II.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Last updated 1971-02-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Data collected from NOAA research vessels DELAWARE II and ATLANTIS II.
- Time Range
- 1970-02-05 to 1971-02-22
- Freshness
- 1971-02-22 00:00:00
- Geography
- null