Underway Ocean Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5167

Sensor data collected by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's 'Ships of Opportunity' facility. The dataset originates from the RV Cape Ferguson, Trip 5167, covering a voyage from 26 August 2010 to 10 September 2010. It supports oceanographic and environmental monitoring research.

Use Cases

• Analyze time series of sensor data for oceanographic patterns during the specific voyage period
• Correlate underway sensor readings with known Australian marine regions for environmental monitoring
• Use IMOS SOOP data to validate satellite-derived oceanographic measurements for the specified time range
• Study marine science parameters collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility

Strengths

• Data is part of the national Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project
• Provides a defined temporal coverage from 26 August 2010 to 10 September 2010
• Managed by the authoritative Australian Ocean Data Network organization

Limitations

• Specific sensor parameters, column names, and data volume (rows/size) are unknown
• Data is from a single vessel trip, limiting spatial and temporal generalizability
• Data format is primarily for visualization (WMS, PNG, HTML), not direct tabular analysis

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' program.

Time Range

26 August 2010 to 10 September 2010

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on 21 March 2026, but the underlying data is from 2010.

Geography

Australian marine regions, specific to the route of RV Cape Ferguson Trip 5167.