NCEI Accession 9000099 contains water temperature data collected by Texas A&M University from the ship Sedco/BP 471 between January 28 and March 22, 1990. The data consists of real-time bathythermograph (XBT) measurements recorded on stripcharts, which have been digitized into the NODC C116 file format. Six stripcharts and radio logs were submitted to the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC).
Use Cases
- Modeling historical ocean thermal structure based on bathythermograph (XBT) data.
- Analyzing temporal changes in water temperature at varying depths for a specific 1990 cruise.
- Validating or calibrating oceanographic models using digitized ship-based measurements.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 54-day cruise from January 28 to March 22, 1990.
- Original analog stripchart data has been digitized into a standard NODC C116 format.
Limitations
- Last updated 1990-03-22 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and spatial coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- Collection Method
- Data collected via ship-deployed expendable bathythermographs (XBT) and recorded on stripcharts by Texas A&M University.
- Time Range
- 1990-01-28 to 1990-03-22
- Freshness
- 1990-03-22 00:00:00