IMOS Ship Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson Voyage December 2019

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson from 21 to 28 December 2019. The dataset provides underway sensor measurements for oceanographic and environmental monitoring. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze time series of underway sensor data for oceanographic feature detection during the 2019 voyage.
• Correlate sensor measurements with environmental monitoring tags such as oceanography and marine science.
• Use the time-stamped data from the RV Cape Ferguson trip for temporal analysis of marine conditions in Australian waters.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• Provides a specific 8-day temporal coverage from 21 to 28 December 2019.
• Enriched with domain-specific tags including Oceanography, Environmental monitoring, and Marine Science.

Limitations

• The dataset's sample size, row count, and specific sensor columns are unknown.
• Data is limited to a single, short voyage of the RV Cape Ferguson, restricting spatial and temporal generalizability.
• Available file formats (WMS, PNG, HTML) suggest the primary data may be visual or service-based rather than raw tabular data.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).

Collection Method

Collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility under the Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) program.

Time Range

21 December 2019 to 28 December 2019.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on 21 March 2026.

Geography

Australian waters, specific to the voyage track of the RV Cape Ferguson.