Texas Tower 2 Bathythermograph Temperature Profiles from 1957

NODC processed bathythermograph (MBT) data from Texas Tower 2 in the North Pacific Ocean and Philippine Sea for the year 1957. The dataset contains temperature-depth profile pairs recorded at uniform 5-meter intervals to a maximum depth of approximately 285 meters. It is maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal temperature variations in the upper ocean using paired temperature-depth values.
• Studying the thermal structure of the North Pacific and Philippine Sea upper layers from historical cruise data.
• Correlating temperature profiles with specific cruise information, date, position, and time for each observation.
• Researching oceanographic conditions around fixed offshore structures like Texas Tower 2.

Strengths

• Data is processed to a standardized NODC format (C128), ensuring consistent structure.
• Provides a full year of continuous observations from 1957-01-01 to 1957-12-31.
• Each observation includes associated metadata such as cruise information, date, position, and time.

Limitations

• Key metadata conflicts exist: the last updated date is reported as both 2026-03 -05 and 1957-12-31 across platforms.
• The dataset is limited to the upper ocean, with a maximum observation depth of approximately 285 meters.
• Specific column names, row counts, file size, and license information are not provided by any source.

Provenance

Source

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Temperature-depth profiles obtained using the mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) instrument and processed by NODC.

Time Range

1957-01-01 to 1957-12-31

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:22:25.846606

Geography

North Pacific Ocean and Philippine Sea, from Texas Tower 2