R/V Laurence M. Gould LMG1502: Antarctic Underway Research Data

NSF-supported research icebreaker Laurence M. Gould collects underway data for global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. This dataset contains measurements from leg LMG1502, which was last updated on March 16, 2015. The data originates from the SCIOPS organization and is hosted on NASA's Earthdata platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling Antarctic oceanographic conditions based on underway physical measurements.
• Analyzing temporal trends in marine biological or chemical properties from continuous sampling.
• Studying global change impacts in polar regions using multidisciplinary underway data.

Strengths

• Data originates from a dedicated NSF-supported research icebreaker, suggesting institutional credibility.
• Covers multiple scientific disciplines (biological, chemical, physical, oceanographic) for integrated analysis.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2015-03-16 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS organization, via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Covers the period of research leg LMG1502.

Freshness

Last updated 2015-03-16 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Antarctic region, specific route of leg LMG1502.