R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer collected this underway data set during leg NBP0103, which started and ended at Punta Arenas, Chile. The NSF-supported icebreaker conducts global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The data was last updated on June 3, 2001.
Use Cases
- Modeling Antarctic ocean circulation based on underway hydrographic data.
- Analyzing biological productivity time series in the Southern Ocean.
- Studying physical oceanographic properties like temperature and salinity from underway measurements.
- Investigating global change impacts on Antarctic marine ecosystems.
Strengths
- Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.
- Covers multiple oceanographic disciplines: biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic.
Limitations
- Last updated 2001-06-03 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 research vessel R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.
- Time Range
- Covers the period of leg NBP0103.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2001-06-03 23:59:59.999000.
- Geography
- Southern Ocean, with the leg starting and ending at Punta Arenas, Chile.