Underway Marine Sensor Data from RV Solander Voyage in March 2017

Underway sensor data collected by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System's Ships of Opportunity facility. The data was gathered aboard the research vessel RV Solander during Trip 6676 from March 8 to March 11, 2017. The dataset is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Modeling oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor measurements.
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine data from a specific research voyage.
• Calibrating satellite or model data with in-situ observations from a tropical research vessel.

Strengths

• Data is part of a national integrated marine observing system (IMOS).
• Specific temporal coverage is documented (March 8-11, 2017).
• Data is associated with a named research vessel and voyage (RV Solander Trip 6676).

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, short voyage.

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 08 Mar 2017 to 11 Mar 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 09:46:53.104335; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Australian coastal or tropical waters, based on the vessel and program.