Australian Marine Sensor Data from RV Solander Voyage, May 2018

Australian coastal data collected by the Integrated Marine Observing System's Ships of Opportunity facility. The dataset originates from sensors aboard the research vessel RV Solander during a specific voyage from 08 May 2018 to 14 May 2018. It is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal oceanographic conditions based on underway sensor data.
• Analyzing temporal patterns in marine environments based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Calibrating remote sensing models with in-situ sensor measurements from a research vessel.
• Studying vessel-based data collection methodologies for environmental monitoring.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the national Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) project.
• Specific temporal coverage is defined for the voyage from 08 May 2018 to 14 May 2018.
• Data was last updated on 2026-03-22, suggesting active metadata management.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single vessel voyage.

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 Solander.

Time Range

From 08 May 2018 to 14 May 2018.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-22 08:22:23.301384; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely Australian coastal waters, specific to the RV Solander voyage path.