Historical Atlantic Ocean Temperature Profiles from ROBIN GRAY Cruise

North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean temperature-depth profiles were collected from the ROBIN GRAY vessel between June 20 and June 29, 1967. The dataset contains mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) observations processed by the NODC into the standard C128 format. It provides paired temperature-depth values at uniform 5-meter intervals for studying the upper ocean thermal structure.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the thermal structure of the upper ocean layers using temperature-depth value pairs.
• Studying historical ocean conditions in the North and South Atlantic during a specific cruise period.
• Correlating cruise information, date, position, and time with observed temperature profiles.
• Investigating oceanographic patterns from a discrete time period in 1967.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a recognized standard format (NODC C128).
• Provides specific temporal coverage for a 10-day cruise in June 1967.
• Contains spatially explicit data from both the North and South Atlantic Ocean.

Limitations

• Maximum observation depth is approximately 285 meters, limiting analysis to the upper ocean.
• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and license are unknown across all sources.
• Data is from a single, short cruise, offering a limited temporal snapshot.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected via mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument from the ROBIN GRAY vessel and processed by NODC.

Time Range

1967-06-20 to 1967-06-29

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:06:47.699987

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean