IMOS SOOP Underway Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, May 2011

Australian marine data collected by the Integrated Marine Observing System's Ships of Opportunity facility. The data originates from the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 5159. The temporal coverage is from 17 May 2011 to 21 May 2011.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor measurements.
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine data from a specific research vessel trip.
• Calibrating remote sensing data with in-situ observations from the Ships of Opportunity program.
• Studying short-term variability in tropical marine environments.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) facility.
• Specific temporal coverage is provided for the vessel trip (17-21 May 2011).
• Data is served via standard web services (WMS, PNG, HTML).

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

Collection Method

Collected by underway sensors aboard the research vessel RV Cape Ferguson.

Time Range

17 May 2011 to 21 May 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 15:39:34.128001; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely coastal Australian waters, specific to the RV Cape Ferguson's route.