IMOS SOOP Underway Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, June 2017

Australian coastal sensor data collected by the Integrated Marine Observing System's Ships of Opportunity facility. The data was gathered by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 6746 from 09 June 2017 to 12 June 2017. The dataset is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyzing marine environmental conditions based on underway sensor data.
• Modeling coastal oceanographic processes based on data from a tropical research vessel.
• Calibrating satellite or model data with in-situ observations from the Ships of Opportunity program.
• Studying short-term temporal variability in a specific marine region based on the four-day trip.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• Specific temporal coverage is known: 09 June 2017 to 12 June 2017.
• The collecting vessel and trip number (RV Cape Ferguson Trip 6746) are documented.

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/source bias inherent to data_gov_au.

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

09 June 2017 to 12 June 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 14:22:47.568028; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Australian coastal waters, specific to the route of RV Cape Ferguson Trip 6746.