Water temperature measurements collected by the USCGC Barataria vessel. The data was gathered by NOAA_NCEI during a specific voyage from August 4 to August 14, 1964. The dataset likely contains time-series records of oceanographic conditions.
Use Cases
- Analyze short-term ocean temperature variability for a specific region (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Validate or supplement historical climate models with ship-based observations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Study marine environmental conditions from a specific time period (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on nasa_earthdata platform
- Data collection dates are explicitly defined: 1964-08-04 to 1964-08-14
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last updated 1964-08-14 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Time Range
- 1964-08-04 to 1964-08-14