NOAA_NCEI provides water temperature and other data collected by the NOAA Ship Delaware II. The data collection period spans from August 28, 1979, to December 15, 1981. The dataset is hosted on the nasa_earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical sea surface temperature trends (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Model oceanographic conditions for a specific time period (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Validate or calibrate satellite-derived sea temperature data (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the authoritative nasa_earthdata platform.
- Data collection period is explicitly defined as 1979-08-28 to 1981-12-15.
- Originates from a known institution, NOAA_NCEI.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Last updated 1981-12-15 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.
- Time Range
- 1979-08-28 to 1981-12-15
- Freshness
- Last updated 1981-12-15 00:00:00.
- Geography
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