Southern Ocean XBT Temperature Profiles from RV Italica, February 2007

Vertical temperature profiles collected using Sippican T7 Expendable Bathythermograph probes with a 65 cm resolution and 760 m maximum depth. The data covers a cruise track between New Zealand and the Ross Sea from February 5th to 10th, 2007, as part of the CLIMA project under the Italian National Antarctic Research Programme. All profiles underwent quality control for consistency and spike editing.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean heat uptake based on vertical temperature profiles.
• Analyzing spatial temperature variability along a transect based on the 15-nautical-mile cast resolution.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature data with in-situ subsurface measurements.
• Studying water mass properties and frontal structures in the Southwest Pacific and Ross Sea regions.

Strengths

• Data underwent quality control for consistency between adjacent profiles and through spike editing.
• Probes used have a specified vertical resolution of 65 cm and a maximum nominal depth of 760 m.
• Spatial resolution of casts is documented as approximately 15 nautical miles.

Limitations

• Last updated 2007-02-10 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected from the research vessel Italica using Sippican T7 XBT probes.

Time Range

2007-02 05 to 2007-02-10

Freshness

Data is from a single cruise in February 2007.

Geography

Southern Ocean and Southwest Pacific Ocean, between New Zealand and the Ross Sea.