NOAA_NCEI Accession 6800348 contains water temperature and other data collected by the USCGC Barataria vessel. The data was recorded over a specific period from January 6 to January 12, 1968. The dataset is hosted on the nasa_earthdata platform.
Use Cases
- Analyzing short-term sea temperature variability for a specific location (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Calibrating or validating historical climate models with point-in-time observations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Studying vessel-based data collection methods from the late 1960s (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on nasa_earthdata platform.
- Data collection dates are explicitly defined: 1968-01-06 to 1968-01-12.
- Originates from a known institution: NOAA_NCEI.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 1968-01-12 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- Likely collected via sensors on the USCGC Barataria vessel.
- Time Range
- 1968-01-06 to 1968-01-12
- Freshness
- 1968-01-12 00:00:00