Subpolar North Atlantic Water Temperature and Salinity from 1994 to 2002

Subpolar North Atlantic water temperature, salinity, and pressure data collected by CTD instruments from three research vessels. The dataset contains processed and calibrated data from 7 cruises conducted as part of the WOCE and CLIVAR programs between May 1994 and August 2002. It is provided by NOAA NCEI.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean circulation patterns based on calibrated temperature and salinity profiles.
• Analyzing long-term water property changes in the subpolar North Atlantic based on the 1994-2002 time series.
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface salinity measurements based on in-situ CTD data.
• Studying the role of the North Atlantic in climate systems based on WOCE and CLIVAR program data.

Strengths

• Data is processed and calibrated, suggesting quality control.
• Covers a multi-year time series from 1994 to 2002.
• Includes data from 7 distinct research cruises.

Limitations

• Last updated 2002-08-16 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 by CTD instruments from research vessels Valdivia, A. V. Humboldt, and Kommandor Jack.

Time Range

1994-05-22 to 2002-08-16

Freshness

Last updated 2002-08-16 00:00:00

Geography

Subpolar North Atlantic