Underway Oceanographic Sensor Data from RV Solander July 2012

Australian sensor data collected by the RV Solander research vessel from July 17 to 31, 2012, as part of the IMOS Ships of Opportunity program. This dataset supports oceanographic and environmental monitoring studies in Australian waters.

Use Cases

• Analyze time series sensor data for oceanographic patterns during the July 2012 voyage
• Correlate underway sensor readings with environmental monitoring tags for marine science research
• Use IMOS facility data for validating regional oceanographic models in Australian waters

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project
• Specific temporal coverage is defined from July 17 to July 31, 2012
• Managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network organization

Limitations

• No column names, sample data, row count, or file size information is available
• Primary data formats (WMS, PNG, HTML) suggest visual or service-based access rather than raw tabular data
• License is unspecified, which may restrict certain uses

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 aboard the RV Solander (Trip 5595)

Time Range

July 17, 2012 to July 31, 2012

Freshness

Metadata was last updated on March 21, 2026, though the underlying data is from 2012.

Geography

Australian waters, specific voyage track unknown