IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, Oct 2019

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by sensors aboard the Australian research vessel RV Cape Ferguson during a specific voyage. The data originates from the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility and was last updated in the platform on March 22, 2026. It represents a time-series snapshot of marine conditions from October 18 to October 23, 2019.

Use Cases

• Calibrating satellite-derived sea surface temperature models based on in-situ sensor data.
• Analyzing short-term oceanic variability in tropical regions based on time-series measurements.
• Training models for marine parameter interpolation based on vessel-track spatial data.
• Validating hydrodynamic model outputs for a specific geographic region and time period.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• The temporal coverage is precisely defined as October 18 to 23, 2019.
• Platform metadata indicates the record was last updated on March 22, 2026.

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.
• The data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single vessel's voyage.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via the Integrated Marine Observing System (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 18 Oct 2019 to 23 Oct - 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 08:18:36.920761; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the vessel's track in Australian tropical waters during the voyage.