Three CSV files contain temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll A, phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, PAR, optical backscatter, and turbidity data binned by one-meter increments. The data were collected by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the Marine Resources Research Institute from NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV and other platforms. Profiles span from 1987-08-04 to 2017-09-27 in support of reef fish assessments from North Carolina to northern Florida.
Use Cases
- Analyzing long-term ocean warming trends based on temperature profiles.
- Studying nutrient pollution impacts based on phosphate, nitrate, and nitrite measurements.
- Modeling marine primary productivity based on chlorophyll A and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data.
- Assessing water clarity and sediment load based on optical backscatter and turbidity readings.
- Investigating dissolved oxygen levels and potential hypoxic zones based on oxygen profiles.
Strengths
- 30-year temporal coverage from 1987 to 2017.
- Data is binned by one-meter depth increments, providing vertical resolution.
- Includes multiple water quality parameters beyond basic temperature and salinity.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2017-09-27 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, NOAA_NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected from CTD casts on NOAA Ship ALBATROSS IV and other platforms.
- Time Range
- 1987-08-04 to 2017-09-27
- Freshness
- Last updated 2017-09-27 00:00:00.
- Geography
- North Atlantic Ocean, specifically from North Carolina to northern Florida.