Water temperature and other data collected by the USCGC Barataria vessel. The dataset covers a specific voyage from December 19 to December 30, 1967. It is published by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) on the NASA Earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyzing short-term ocean temperature variability (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Validating historical climate or oceanographic models (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying vessel-based data collection methods (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the authoritative NASA Earthdata platform.
- Data originates from a specific vessel (USCGC Barataria) and a precise time range (1967-12-19 to 1967-12-30).
- Managed by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Last updated 1967-12-30 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via sensors on the USCGC Barataria vessel.
- Time Range
- 1967-12-19 to 1967-12-30
- Freshness
- 1967-12-30 00:00:00