IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from RV Cape Ferguson, June 2016

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by sensors aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during a specific voyage from June 15 to 19, 2016. The Australian Ocean Data Network provides this sensor data from the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility. This dataset offers a snapshot of underway marine conditions over a five-day period.

Use Cases

• Modeling short-term oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor data.
• Analyzing water quality time series from a specific research vessel voyage.
• Calibrating sensor readings from tropical research vessels based on the SOOP facility methodology.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the authoritative IMOS (Integrated Marine Observing System) project.
• The temporal coverage is precisely defined as June 15-19, 2016.
• Data originates from a specific research vessel (RV Cape Ferguson) and trip (6460).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via the IMOS Ships of Opportunity facility.

Collection Method

Collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson.

Time Range

From 15 Jun 2016 To 19 Jun 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 09:44:44.635299; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the voyage path of the RV Cape Ferguson; specific region not stated.