R/V Laurence M. Gould collected this data during a research leg in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program. The NSF-supported icebreaker operates year-round for global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. Leg LMG0009 started and ended in Punta Arenas, Chile, focusing on the impact of environmental variability on penguin demography.
Use Cases
- Modeling penguin population changes based on environmental variability mentioned in the title.
- Analyzing krill distribution and abundance as a food source for penguins.
- Studying sea ice interactions and their impact on Antarctic marine ecosystems.
- Correlating underway physical and chemical oceanographic data with biological observations.
Strengths
- Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker, suggesting controlled collection.
- Covers multiple scientific disciplines (biological, chemical, physical, oceanographic) as stated in the description.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2000-11-08 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Underway data collected by the R/V Laurence M. Gould research icebreaker.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2000-11-08 23:59:59.999000.
- Geography
- Antarctic region, voyage starting and ending in Punta Arenas, Chile.