R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer NBP0403: Underway Oceanographic Data from the Southwest Pacific

The NSF-supported research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer collected this underway data set during leg NBP0403. The data supports global change studies in biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic disciplines. The leg started and ended at Lyttelton, New Zealand, and the data was last updated in May 2004.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic ocean conditions based on the paleoclimate focus mentioned in the title.
• Analyzing global change in biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic disciplines based on the vessel's research purpose.
• Studying temporal and spatial patterns of underway measurements from the Antarctic research cruise.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NSF-supported research icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer, a dedicated scientific vessel.
• Supports multidisciplinary global change studies across biological, chemical, physical, and oceanographic fields.
• Provides a specific temporal snapshot from a research leg conducted in 2004.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2004-05-08 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 collected by the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer research icebreaker.

Time Range

Covers the period of research leg NBP0403.

Freshness

Last updated 2004-05-08 23:59:59.999000.

Geography

Southwest Pacific, with the cruise starting and ending at Lyttelton, New Zealand.