LMG1201: Underway Oceanographic Data from Palmer Station to Punta Arenas

NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Laurence M. Gould collected this underway data set during leg LMG1201. The leg started at Palmer Station and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile, supporting global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The dataset was last updated on February 7, 2012.

Use Cases

• Analyzing oceanographic conditions along the Antarctic Peninsula based on the described underway data collection.
• Studying temporal changes in marine properties during a research cruise based on the time-series nature of the data.
• Modeling physical and chemical oceanographic processes in polar regions based on the described disciplinary scope.
• Correlating biological observations with environmental data from the described multidisciplinary global change studies.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Laurence M. Gould, a dedicated platform for Antarctic science.
• Supports multidisciplinary global change studies across biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2012-02-07 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Covers the duration of research leg LMG1201.

Freshness

Last updated 2012-02-07 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Route from Palmer Station, Antarctica, to Punta Arenas, Chile.