From 1955-04-04 to 1966-12-17, this dataset likely contains water temperature and other oceanographic measurements collected by the USCGC Barataria. It is published by NOAA NCEI and hosted on the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical sea surface temperature trends (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Calibrating or validating climate model simulations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying vessel-based oceanographic data collection methods (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published by NOAA_NCEI, a recognized authority for environmental data.
- Hosted on the NASA Earthdata platform.
- Provides a specific temporal coverage from 1955-04-04 to 1966-12-17.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1966-12-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Time Range
- 1955-04-04 to 1966-12-17