IMOS Ship Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson September 2020 Voyage

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data was collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 7499 from September 17 to 21, 2020. The dataset provides underway sensor measurements for marine science and environmental monitoring. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyze time series sensor data for oceanographic conditions during the September 2020 voyage.
• Correlate underway sensor measurements with geographic location data for spatial analysis.
• Use marine sensor data for environmental monitoring studies in the region covered by the trip.

Strengths

• Data originates from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), a major Australian marine project.
• Provides a specific temporal snapshot from a 5-day research voyage in September 2020.
• Tagged with specific domains including Marine Science, Oceanography, and Environmental Monitoring.

Limitations

• Core structural metadata such as column names, row count, and data size are unknown.
• Available file formats (HTML, PNG, WMS) suggest the primary data may be embedded in reports or visualizations rather than a raw tabular format.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which creates ambiguity for reuse.

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 September 17, 2020, to September 21, 2020.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on March 23, 2026, though the underlying data is from 2020.

Geography

Australia (implied from the voyage of the Australian vessel RV Cape Ferguson).