The NSF-supported research icebreaker Laurence M. Gould operates year-round for the U.S. Antarctic Program. This dataset consists of underway data from leg LMG1309, which started and ended in Punta Arenas, Chile. The data supports global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines.
Use Cases
- Analyzing oceanographic conditions in Antarctic waters based on underway measurements.
- Studying global change impacts on marine biology and chemistry from ship-collected data.
- Modeling physical oceanographic processes using continuous underway data from a research vessel.
Strengths
- Data collected by a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker.
- Supports multi-disciplinary studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic fields.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- SCIOPS via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Underway data collected during a specific research cruise (leg LMG1309) on the R/V Laurence M. Gould.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- Antarctic region; cruise leg started and ended in Punta Arenas, Chile.