Underway Marine Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, December 2010

IMOS Ships of Opportunity underway data collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 5148. The data was gathered by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network. The temporal coverage is from 18 December 2010 to 23 December 2010.

Use Cases

• Analyzing oceanographic time series based on sensor data mentioned in the description
• Modeling environmental conditions in tropical marine regions based on the data's geographic and temporal context
• Calibrating or validating marine sensor networks based on data from the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' facility

Strengths

• Data is associated with the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project
• Provides a specific temporal coverage from 18 to 23 December 2010
• Data is part of a structured national observing system facility (Ships of Opportunity)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single vessel trip

Provenance

Source

Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) - Ships of Opportunity facility

Collection Method

Collected by sensors aboard the research vessel RV Cape Ferguson

Time Range

From 18 December 2010 to 23 December — 2010

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 02:38:44.515933; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely tropical Australian waters, specific voyage path unknown