LMG0407: Underway Oceanographic Data from Antarctic Icebreaker Shuttle

R/V Laurence M. Gould collected this data during a 2004 shuttle voyage between Punta Arenas, Chile and Palmer Station. The NSF-supported icebreaker conducts year-round global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. This dataset likely contains continuous measurements from the ship's underway systems during leg LMG0407.

Use Cases

• Analyze physical oceanographic conditions (e.g., temperature, salinity) along the Antarctic shuttle route.
• Study biological or chemical indicators of global change in Antarctic waters.
• Model ship-based underway data collection methods for polar research vessels.
• Correlate marine observations with other Antarctic climate datasets from the same period.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker, suggesting institutional quality control.
• Covers a specific Antarctic shuttle voyage (LMG0407) with a defined start and end point in Punta Arenas.

Limitations

• Last updated 2004-06-09 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS

Collection Method

Underway data collection from the R/V Laurence M. Gould research icebreaker.

Time Range

2004 (specific leg LMG0407)

Freshness

2004-06 - 2004-06

Geography

Route between Punta Arenas, Chile and Palmer Station, Antarctica.