Underway Ocean Sensor Data from RV Solander Voyage 5133

IMOS Ships of Opportunity data collected by sensors aboard the RV Solander during Trip 5133 from January 17 to February 3, 2011. The dataset provides underway measurements for oceanographic and environmental monitoring. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of the national Integrated Marine Observing System.

Use Cases

• Analyze time-series sensor data for oceanographic patterns during the January-February 2011 voyage.
• Correlate underway measurements with environmental monitoring tags such as Oceanography and Marine Science.
• Use the data for calibrating or validating other marine sensor networks in Australian waters.

Strengths

• Data originates from the national Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• Covers a specific 18-day voyage from January 17 to February 3, 2011.
• Tagged with specific domains including Oceanography, Environmental monitoring, and Marine Science.

Limitations

• Core structural metadata like row count, column names, and sample data are unavailable.
• The data is over 13 years old, limiting analysis of current ocean conditions.
• Available only in non-tabular formats (WMS, PNG, HTML), complicating quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).

Collection Method

Collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility under the Ships of Opportunity (SOOP) program.

Time Range

From January 17, 2011 to February 3, 2011.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on March 22, 2026, but the underlying data is from 2011.

Geography

Australian waters, specific to the route of the RV Solander Trip 5133.