Gulf of Mexico CTD Profiles for Water Quality, Summer 2018

Profile data from CTD casts measuring water temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico. The data was collected from NOAA Ship Oregon II between June 10 and July 19, 2018, as part of the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP). Data files are stored in cnv format.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions based on vertical profile data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing seasonal water quality trends based on the specified time range
• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface data based on in-situ CTD measurements

Strengths

• Data collection is supported by the multi-agency SEAMAP program
• Covers a specific 40-day time period in summer 2018
• Includes core oceanographic variables: temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2018-07-19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Collected via CTD casts from NOAA Ship Oregon II

Time Range

2018-06-10 to 2018-07-19

Freshness

Last updated 2018-07-19 00:00:00

Geography

Gulf of Mexico