IMOS SOOP Underway Data from RV Cape Ferguson, March 2011

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by sensors aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during a research voyage from March 3 to March 23, 2011. The dataset is part of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's facility for gathering ocean data from research vessels. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor measurements.
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine data from a specific research voyage.
• Integrating sensor data from research vessels into broader marine observation systems.
• Visualizing geospatial marine data for the specified time period and vessel track.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national-scale Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
• Covers a specific 20-day research voyage with a defined start and end date (03-23 Mar 2011).
• Last metadata update was recorded as 2026-03 22 12:42:57.313016.

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's track in March 2011.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Time Range

From 03 Mar 2011 to 23 Mar 2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 12:42:57.313016; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the route of the RV Cape Ferguson during the specified trip; specific geography is not detailed.