Franklin Voyage Underway Oceanographic Data from New South Wales Coast

Processed Underway data from the Franklin voyage FR 14/98, which took place along the New South Wales Coast in November 1998. The dataset includes navigation, meteorological, and thermosalinograph measurements recorded at 5-minute intervals. It was processed and archived by the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre.

Use Cases

• Analyze seawater temperature and salinity (TSG data) along the ship's track to study coastal water masses.
• Correlate wind speed and direction (MET data) with ocean surface currents inferred from ship's speed and direction (NAV data).
• Map the spatial distribution of atmospheric pressure and humidity (MET data) against GPS latitude and longitude coordinates.
• Investigate diurnal cycles in incident radiation intensity (MET data) recorded at 5-minute intervals during the voyage.

Strengths

• Data recorded at consistent 5-minute intervals, providing high temporal resolution for the voyage duration.
• Includes multiple complementary data streams: Navigation (NAV), Meteorological (MET), and Thermosalinograph (TSG).
• Processed and archived by a recognized research organization (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre).

Limitations

• Dataset size, row count, and specific column details are unknown.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single voyage in November 1998.
• Data is provided in HTML and WMS formats, which are not standard for quantitative analysis compared to CSV or NetCDF.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, originating from CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Data Centre.

Collection Method

Continuously recorded (Underway) data from research vessel instruments, processed post-voyage.

Time Range

November 1998.

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the underlying data is from 1998.

Geography

New South Wales Coast, Australia.