July 2008 data from research vessel Oceanus cruise 449/1 in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic. The dataset contains quality-controlled CTD salinity data adjusted using water samples, plus raw files with parameters like oxygen and fluorescence. Data was collected by NOAA NCEI to service and calibrate moorings for the NTAS and MOVE projects.
Use Cases
- Calibrating and validating mooring sensor data based on the CTD and water sample measurements.
- Analyzing vertical profiles of water temperature and salinity for oceanographic studies.
- Investigating relationships between optical properties and other parameters using the raw fluorescence and attenuation data.
Strengths
- Salinity data has been quality-controlled and adjusted using water sample data.
- Includes raw CTD files containing additional parameters like oxygen and fluorescence.
- Data was collected for specific calibration objectives of the NTAS and MOVE projects.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Raw data parameters such as oxygen and fluorescence are described as 'not thoroughly calibrated'.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA_NCEI
- Collection Method
- CTD casts and water samples collected from research vessel Oceanus.
- Time Range
- 2008-07-18 to 2008-07-28
- Freshness
- Last updated 2008-07-28 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Northwestern Tropical Atlantic