IMOS Ships of Opportunity Underway Data from RV Solander Trip 6182

IMOS 'Ships of Opportunity' data collected by the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility aboard the RV Solander. The dataset covers a specific voyage from 31 March 2015 to 19 April 2015. It is aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Analyzing tropical oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor data.
• Calibrating satellite ocean observations based on in-situ measurements from research vessels.
• Studying specific marine phenomena along the route of RV Solander Trip 6182.
• Validating oceanographic models using data from the 'Sensors on Tropical Research Vessels' sub-facility.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the national-scale Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).
• Covers a defined time period from 31 March 2015 to 19 April 2015.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

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

31 March 2015 to 19 April 2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:27:56.449597; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the route of the RV Solander Trip 6182, presumably in Australian tropical waters.