CTD Water Profiles from the Northeast Pacific, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska in 2001

Water temperature, salinity, and density profiles were collected using CTD instruments from NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN, NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN, and SIR WILFRED LAURIER. Data were submitted by Dr. Phyllis J. Stabeno of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory with support from the Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations project. The collection spans from 29 January 2001 to 15 October 2001.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean stratification and water column structure based on temperature and density profiles.
• Analyzing seasonal changes in water properties based on the 2001 time range.
• Calibrating regional ocean models based on in-situ CTD measurements.
• Studying fisheries habitat based on oceanographic data from the Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations project.

Strengths

• Data collected from three distinct research vessels, suggesting multi-platform validation.
• Covers three major North Pacific regions: the Northeast Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska.
• Time range is explicitly defined from 29 January 2001 to 15 October 2001.

Limitations

• Last updated 2001-10-15 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 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), submitted by Dr. Phyllis J. Stabeno.

Collection Method

Collected using CTD instruments from research vessels.

Time Range

2001-01-29 to 2001-10-15

Freshness

Data collection concluded in 2001.

Geography

Northeast Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska.