Ocean CTD Data Around Iceberg PII-B in Baffin Bay, July-August 2012

Ocean temperature, salinity, and hydrostatic pressure data collected from CTD casts around a large tabular iceberg designated PII-B. The dataset also includes conductivity and sound velocity measurements, with the distance from the iceberg recorded for each cast. Data was gathered from the MV NEPTUNE in Baffin Bay between July 25 and August 3, 2012, and is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean temperature gradients based on proximity to a large iceberg.
• Analyzing salinity variations in meltwater plumes around iceberg PII-B.
• Studying sound velocity profiles in polar waters using conductivity data.
• Correlating hydrostatic pressure with depth and location relative to the iceberg.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, pressure, conductivity, and sound velocity.
• Specific temporal coverage from 2012-07-25 to 2012-08 03.
• Spatial context is provided with recorded distance from iceberg PII-B for each cast.

Limitations

• Last updated 2012-08-03 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 CTD casts aboard the MV NEPTUNE.

Time Range

2012-07-25 to 2012-08-03

Freshness

2012-08-03 00:00:00

Geography

Baffin Bay, around Iceberg PII-B