IMOS Underway Ocean Data from RV Cape Ferguson, March-April 2025

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 8533. The dataset covers a voyage from 20 March 2025 to 11 April 2025 and is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network. Data was last updated on the platform in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling tropical marine environmental conditions based on underway sensor data.
• Analyzing temporal trends in ocean parameters during a specific research voyage.
• Calibrating satellite-derived oceanographic measurements with in-situ observations.
• Studying vessel-based data collection methodologies for marine observing systems.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
• Covers a specific, recent 23-day voyage from March to April 2025.
• Platform metadata includes a precise last updated 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 trip.

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 20 March 2025 to 11 April 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 14:46:15.876588; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the tropical waters traversed by the RV Cape Ferguson during Trip 8533, based on the vessel's affiliation with AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science).