IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Sensor Data from RV Cape Ferguson, April 2024

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by sensors aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during a research trip from 01 to 06 April 2024. The data originates from the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility. It was last updated on the Australian Ocean Data Network platform on 22 March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling tropical oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor measurements.
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine data based on the specific 6-day collection period.
• Calibrating or validating other ocean observation systems based on the Ships of Opportunity facility data.
• Studying vessel-based sensor deployment and data collection methodologies.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• Collection period is precisely defined as 01 to 06 April 2024.
• Platform metadata shows a recent update timestamp of 2026-03-22.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single vessel's 6-day 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

From 01 Apr 2024 to 06 Apr -2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 17:26:03.899198; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the tropical waters traversed by the RV Cape Ferguson during trip 8255.