Underway Marine Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, October 2020

October 2020 data collected by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) via its Ships of Opportunity facility. The data was gathered by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 7476 from 04 to 20 October 2020. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine data from a specific research vessel trip
• Calibrating remote sensing models with in-situ tropical research vessel data

Strengths

• Data is part of the national-scale Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
• Temporal coverage is precisely defined as 04 to 20 October 2020
• Data collection method is specified as the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility

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 vessel trip

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

04 Oct 2020 to 20 Oct -2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 13:38:47.928764; freshness should be verified

Geography

Likely tropical Australian waters, given the vessel and program description.