IMOS Marine Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson Voyage in November 2015

Underway sensor data collected by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility. The data originates from the RV Cape Ferguson's Trip 6324, which took place from 06 November 2015 to 16 November 2015. The dataset is aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor measurements.
• Analyzing temporal environmental changes during a specific research voyage.
• Calibrating remote sensing data with in-situ shipborne observations.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, documented research voyage (Trip 6324).
• Collected under a national observing system (IMOS) framework.
• Has a defined temporal coverage from 06 Nov 2015 to 16 Nov 2015.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to a single ship's track.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Time Range

06 Nov 2015 to 16 Nov 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 12:18:03.089537; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely the tropical waters traversed by the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 6324.