NOAA Ship Delaware II Water Temperature Data from May 1974

Water temperature and other environmental data collected by the NOAA Ship Delaware II. The data was gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The temporal coverage is from May 14, 1974, to May 19, 1974.

Use Cases

• Analyzing short-term sea surface temperature variability (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Validating or calibrating oceanographic models for a specific region and time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Studying historical marine conditions from ship-based observations (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the nasa_earthdata platform.
• Data originates from the authoritative NOAA NCEI organization.
• Has a precise temporal range: 1974-05-14 to 1974-05-19.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Last updated 1974-05-19 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

Likely collected via ship-based sensors and instruments.

Time Range

1974-05-14 to 1974-05-19

Freshness

Last updated 1974 05 19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Geographic coverage is implied by ship track but not explicitly stated.