The Marine National Facility RV Investigator voyage IN2025_V04 collected imagery of benthic habitats and oceanographic data in the southeast marine ecosystem. The voyage took place between May 27, 2025 and June 28, 2025, departing from and returning to Hobart. Data includes video, stereo stills, and navigational data collected using a Deep Towed camera.
Use Cases
- Classifying benthic habitat types based on video and stereo still imagery.
- Analyzing changes in marine ecosystems over a 25-year period based on the voyage's stated research goal.
- Correlating benthic observations with oceanographic data collected during the voyage.
Strengths
- Data collected during a dedicated month-long research voyage (May 27 to June 28, 2025).
- Includes multiple complementary data types: video, stereo stills, and navigational data.
- Imagery captured using specialized equipment (MNF Deep Towed camera).
Limitations
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Collected via the Marine National Facility RV Investigator using a Deep Towed camera.
- Time Range
- May 27, 2025 to June 28, 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 06:55:28.660593
- Geography
- Southeast marine ecosystem, voyage departed from and returned to Hobart, Australia.