NAAMES: Ship-Based Meteorological and Navigational Data for North Atlantic Ocean Study

In situ meteorological and navigational measurements collected onboard the R/V Atlantis vessel during the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES). The data were collected during four deployments between November 2015 and April 2018 over the North Atlantic Ocean. The project was conducted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of its Earth Venture – Suborbital mission.

Use Cases

• Modeling ocean-atmosphere gas exchange based on in situ meteorological measurements.
• Analyzing seasonal phytoplankton cycles based on data from four distinct deployment phases.
• Studying the link between marine ecosystems and atmospheric aerosol properties based on ship-based characterization.
• Correlating ship-based in situ data with airborne and satellite measurements for integrated climate studies.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete, covering four distinct seasonal deployments.
• Measurements are directly linked to a major NASA Earth Venture mission with ship, airborne, and satellite components.
• Temporal coverage spans multiple years (2015-2018) across key seasonal phases.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Most ocean data products reside in a separate companion archive, requiring additional data integration.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

In situ measurements collected onboard the R/V Atlantis research vessel.

Time Range

November 4, 2015 – November 29, 2015, May 11, 2016 – June 5, 2016, August 30, 2017-September 22, 2017 and March 18, 2018 – April 13, 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 00:03:29.776253; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean